Improper Handling of Syntactically Invalid Structure Affecting kernel-debug-devel package, versions <0:2.6.32-71.40.1.el6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.35% (93rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-KERNELDEBUGDEVEL-1444097
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed10 Jul 2012

Introduced: 10 Jul 2012

CVE-2012-2744  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-228  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 kernel-debug-devel to version 0:2.6.32-71.40.1.el6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2012:1114.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-debug-devel package and not the kernel-debug-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_conntrack_reasm.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34, when the nf_conntrack_ipv6 module is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via certain types of fragmented IPv6 packets.

CVSS Scores

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