CVE-2011-2482

7.5 HIGH
Published: June 08, 2013 Modified: April 29, 2026
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Description

A certain Red Hat patch to the sctp_sock_migrate function in net/sctp/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.21, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) via a crafted SCTP packet.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.21
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Broken Link
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ea2bc483ff5caada7c4aa0d5fbf87d3a6590273d
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1212.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/30/1
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=714867
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ea2bc483ff5caada7c4aa0d5fbf87d3a6590273d
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Third Party Advisory
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.21
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ea2bc483ff5caada7c4aa0d5fbf87d3a6590273d
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1212.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/30/1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=714867
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ea2bc483ff5caada7c4aa0d5fbf87d3a6590273d
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Third Party Advisory

12 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
7.5 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.2%
79th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-476

Affected Vendors

linux

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