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Linux Kernel IGMP Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
High
Family
Family
Denial of Service
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
7.8
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
11 years ago
Modified
Modified
4 years ago
Summary
This host is running Linux and prone to remote denial of service vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The flaw is due to an error in IGMP protocol implementation, which can be exploited to cause a kernel crash via specially crafted IGMP queries.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Linux Kernels above or equal to 2.6.36
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to Linux Kernel version 3.0.17, 3.1.9 or 3.2.1
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47472
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18378
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1026526
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=654876
- http://womble.decadent.org.uk/blog/igmp-denial-of-service-in-linux-cve
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=com
- http://www.kernel.org