CVE-2011-0716

medium

Description

The br_multicast_add_group function in net/bridge/br_multicast.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38, when a certain Ethernet bridge configuration is used, allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) by sending IGMP packets to a local interface.

References

Advisories
More

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6b0d6a9b4296fa16a28d10d416db7a770fc03287

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/17/2

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=678169

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6b0d6a9b4296fa16a28d10d416db7a770fc03287

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-06-21

Updated: 2025-04-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0005