Red Hat Security AdvisoryRHSA-2012:0690
kernel security and bug fix update
Released 2012-05-29 · Red Hat rating Important · View on Red Hat →
Fixed in
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) kernel-2.6.18-308.8.1.el5, kernel-2.6.18-308.8.1.el5.ia64, kernel-PAE-2.6.18-308.8.1.el5 +18
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) kernel-2.6.18-308.8.1.el5, kernel-PAE-2.6.18-308.8.1.el5, kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.18-308.8.1.el5 +8
Fixes 1 record
Priority LOW 32
The sock_alloc_send_pskb function in net/core/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 3.4.5 does not properly validate a certain length value, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow a…
CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.2· Local · No auth · Interaction — · EPSS 0.0056 · Published 2012-08-09 · Fixed CWE-20
