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kernel: remote denial of service

Package(s):kernel CVE #(s):CVE-2012-1583
Created:April 18, 2012 Updated:June 12, 2012
Description: Systems running IPv6, and which have the xfrm6_tunnel module loaded, can be forced to crash by a remote attacker.
Alerts:
Red Hat RHSA-2012:0480-01 2012-04-17
CentOS CESA-2012:0480 2012-04-18
Scientific Linux SL-kern-20120419 2012-04-19
Red Hat RHSA-2012:0720-01 2012-06-12
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kernel: remote denial of service

Posted Apr 24, 2012 14:12 UTC (Tue) by robbe (guest, #16131) [Link]

The CVE link is not as useful as it once was. In about half the announcements the CVE is still not set to public.

To maybe save someone a bit of work: fixed in 2.6.22, so only applicable to long-term releases.

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