Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Subsystem denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the component Subsystem. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2011-2693. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (Operating System). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component Subsystem. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

The perf subsystem in the kernel package 2.6.32-122.el6.x86_64 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 does not properly handle NMIs, which might allow local users to cause a denial of service (excessive log messages) via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was published 06/08/2013 (Website). The advisory is available at oss.oracle.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2011-2693 since 07/11/2011. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (84954) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-42621†). Similar entries are available at VDB-64252 and VDB-64251. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Patch: fadca7bdc43b02f518585d9547019966415cadfd

Timelineinfo

07/11/2011 🔍
02/16/2012 +220 days 🔍
06/08/2013 +478 days 🔍
06/08/2013 +0 days 🔍
12/17/2013 +192 days 🔍
03/24/2015 +462 days 🔍
01/03/2022 +2477 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: oss.oracle.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-2693 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-2693
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-64250
X-Force: 84954
Vulnerability Center: 42621 - RHEL 6 and Linux Kernel 2.6.30 Through 2.6.38\\-rc8 Local Denial of Service due to a Problem in the perf Subsystem, Low

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 15:54
Updated: 01/03/2022 09:03
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (54), 05/18/2017 08:17 (2), 01/03/2022 09:03 (4)
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