78225 : Linux Kernel net/ipv4/igmp.c igmp_heard_query() Function IGMP Query Parsing Remote DoS
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2012-01-07

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2012-0207" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : The igmp_heard_query function in net/ipv4/igmp.c in the Linux kernel before 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and panic) via IGMP packets.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability
Solution: Patch / RCS
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Solution

Currently, there are no known workarounds or upgrades to correct this issue. However, the vendor has released a patch to the GIT repository to address this vulnerability. Check the vendor advisory or solution in the references section.

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

Security Tracker: 1026526
Exploit Database: 18378
CVE ID: 2012-0207 (see also: NVD)
SCIP VulDB ID: 4523
Secunia Advisory ID: 47472 47681 47830 47967 47974 48015 48140 48155 48240 48292 48294 48306 48655 49736 50476 51188
Bugtraq ID: 51343
ISS X-Force ID: 73634
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://bugs.debian.org/654876
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0013.html
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=654876
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00002.html
http://wiki.openvz.org/Download/kernel/rhel5/028stab098.1
http://wiki.openvz.org/Download/kernel/rhel6/042stab053.5
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.1
http://www.stonesoft.com/en/press_and_media/releases/en/2012/FW_5.3.4.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1356-1/
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1363-1/
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1364-1/
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1380-1/
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1384-1/
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1386-1/
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=772867
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/25c413ad0029ea86008234be28aee33456e53e5b
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a8c1f65c79cbbb2f7da782d4c9d15639a9b94b27
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15023693
Vendor Specific Solution URL: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=a8c1f65c79cbbb2f7da782d4c9d15639a9b94b27
Other Advisory URL: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/10/5
RedHat RHSA: RHSA-2012:0107 RHSA-2012:0333 RHSA-2012:0350

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.8
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2012-05-17 | Disagree?

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