Vulnerability in Linux Kernel
CVE-2011-0714
Use-after-free vulnerability in a certain Red Hat patch for the RPC server sockets functionality in the Linux kernel 2.6.32 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via malformed data in a packet, related to lockd and the svc_xprt_received function.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.7 (Medium). Vector: AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.009 (59.6th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 60th percentile — 59.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Linux Kernel — versions 2.6.32
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux — versions 6.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/08/17 (mailing-list)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/09/1 (mailing-list)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0329.html (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)