CVEvulnerability
CVE-2011-4087
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2013-06-08
- 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])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-665
Description
The br_parse_ip_options function in net/bridge/br_netfilter.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not properly initialize a certain data structure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by leveraging connectivity to a network interface that uses an Ethernet bridge device.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (< 2.6.39)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-665 Improper Initialization weakness
References
- http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39 Third Party Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f8e9881c2aef1e982e5abc25c046820cd0b7cf64 git.kernel.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/28/14 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f8e9881c2aef1e982e5abc25c046820cd0b7cf64 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39 Third Party Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f8e9881c2aef1e982e5abc25c046820cd0b7cf64 git.kernel.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/28/14 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f8e9881c2aef1e982e5abc25c046820cd0b7cf64 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory