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CVE-2013-4387

Public on 2013-10-10
Modified on 2014-09-16
Description

net/ipv6/ip6_output.c in the Linux kernel through 3.11.4 does not properly determine the need for UDP Fragmentation Offload (UFO) processing of small packets after the UFO queueing of a large packet, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via network traffic that triggers a large response packet.

Severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
6.1
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 kernel 2013-10-16 20:53 ALAS-2013-233

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 6.1 AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
NVD CVSSv2 6.1 AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C