CVE-2011-2189
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.5 · Uncontrolled resource consumption
7.5CVSS HIGH
Summary
net/core/net_namespace.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.32 and earlier does not properly handle a high rate of creation and cleanup of network namespaces, which makes it easier for remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via requests to a daemon that requires a separate namespace per connection, as demonstrated by vsftpd.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)18%
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/88217/ ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/88217/Patch
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2b035b39970740722598f7a9d548835f9bdd730f
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f875bae065334907796da12523f9df85c89f5712
- http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.33
- http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/git-commits-head/2009/12/8/15289
- http://neil.brown.name/git?p=linux-2.6%3Ba=patch%3Bh=2b035b39970740722598f7a9d548835f9bdd730f
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2305Advisory
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=629373Advisory