Vulnerability Details : CVE-2011-2942
A certain Red Hat patch to the __br_deliver function in net/bridge/br_forward.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.18 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging connectivity to a network interface that uses an Ethernet bridge device.
Vulnerability category: Memory CorruptionDenial of service
Products affected by CVE-2011-2942
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Threat overview for CVE-2011-2942
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Top open port discovered on systems with this issue
53
IPs affected by CVE-2011-2942 17,027
Threat actors abusing to this issue?
Yes
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2011-2942
0.46%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 75 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2011-2942
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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6.8
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MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
8.6
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6.4
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NIST |
References for CVE-2011-2942
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/24/3
oss-security - kernel; CVE-2011-2942 and CVE-2011-3209
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=730917
730917 – (CVE-2011-2942) CVE-2011-2942 kernel: bridge: null pointer dereference in __br_deliver
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