The (1) IPv4 and (2) IPv6 implementations in the Linux kernel before 3.1 use a modified MD4 algorithm to generate sequence numbers and Fragment Identification values, which makes it easier for remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disrupted networking) or hijack network sessions by predicting these values and sending crafted packets.
Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory |
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Amazon Linux 1 | kernel | 2011-10-31 18:26 | ALAS-2011-16 |
Amazon Linux 1 | kernel | 2011-12-02 22:23 | ALAS-2011-26 |
Score Type | Score | Vector | |
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Amazon Linux | CVSSv2 | 5.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P |
NVD | CVSSv2 | 6.4 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P |
NVD | CVSSv3 | 9.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H |