CVE-2011-2942

Description

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.

6.8

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.34%

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=730917
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/24/3	mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2011-2942?: CVE-2011-2942 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2011-2942?: To fix CVE-2011-2942, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2011-2942 being actively exploited in the wild?: As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2011-2942 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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