CVEvulnerability

CVE-2011-2699

7.5 HIGH Published 2012-05-24 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2012-05-24
Last modified: 2026-06-16
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected]): 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 7.8 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Description

The IPv6 implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.1 does not generate Fragment Identification values separately for each destination, which makes it easier for remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disrupted networking) by predicting these values and sending crafted packets.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (< 3.1) • redhat enterprise linux 4.0 • redhat enterprise mrg 2.0

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=87c48fa3b4630905f98268dde838ee43626a060c git.kernel.org
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1 Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:150 Broken Link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/20/5 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027274 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723429 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/87c48fa3b4630905f98268dde838ee43626a060c Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=87c48fa3b4630905f98268dde838ee43626a060c git.kernel.org
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1 Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:150 Broken Link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/20/5 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027274 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723429 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/87c48fa3b4630905f98268dde838ee43626a060c Patch, Third Party Advisory