Out-of-Bounds Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,3.11.5)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.68% (71st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3004867
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed10 Oct 2013
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 10 Oct 2013

CVE-2013-4387  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 3.11.5 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds net/ipv6/ip6_output.c in the Linux kernel through 3.11.4 does not properly determine the need for UDP Fragmentation Offload (UFO) processing of small packets after the UFO queueing of a large packet, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via network traffic that triggers a large response packet.

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