CVE-2011-3359

Public on 2011-12-02
Modified on 2014-09-14
Description
The dma_rx function in drivers/net/wireless/b43/dma.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not properly allocate receive buffers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted frame.
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
4.6
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 kernel 2011-12-02 ALAS-2011-26 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 4.6 AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
NVD CVSSv2 7.8 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
NVD CVSSv3 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H