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CVE-2011-4087

Published: Jun 8, 2013

Modified: Sep 16, 2024

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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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f8e9881c2aef1e982e5abc25c046820cd0b7cf64

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http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f8e9881c2aef1e982e5abc25c046820cd0b7cf64

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http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39

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[oss-security] 20111028 Re: CVE Request: Multiple remote denial of service in Linux bridge networking code 2.6.37-3.0

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