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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2011-1576 Detail

Current Description

The Generic Receive Offload (GRO) implementation in the Linux kernel 2.6.18 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 2.6.32 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) Hypervisor and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted VLAN packets that are processed by the napi_reuse_skb function, leading to (1) a memory leak or (2) memory corruption, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-1478.


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Metrics

 
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CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  5.7 MEDIUM
Vector:  (AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

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Hyperlink Resource
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0927.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0927.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1090.html Vendor Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1090.html Vendor Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1106.html Vendor Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1106.html Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48907
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48907
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025853
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025853
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=695173 Patch 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=695173 Patch 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST  

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
AND
OR
 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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OR
 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Configuration 2 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_virtualization_hypervisor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2011-1576
NVD Published Date:
08/31/2011
NVD Last Modified:
04/10/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.