CVE-2012-1583

MEDIUM

Description

Double free vulnerability in the xfrm6_tunnel_rcv function in net/ipv6/xfrm6_tunnel.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22, when the xfrm6_tunnel module is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via crafted IPv6 packets.

References

http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=d0772b70faaf8e9f2013b6c4273d94d5eac8047a

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133951357207000&w=2

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0488.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/48881

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53139

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026930

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=752304

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d0772b70faaf8e9f2013b6c4273d94d5eac8047a

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2012-06-16

Updated: 2016-08-23

Type: CWE-399

Risk Information

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 5

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Impact Score: 2.9

Exploitability Score: 10

Severity: MEDIUM