CVE-2011-1576 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Generic Receive Offload (GRO) implementation of the Linux kernel, specifically affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6, including RHEV Hypervisor. Remote attackers can exploit this by sending crafted VLAN packets, leading to a memory leak or memory corruption. With a CVSS score of 5.7, this vulnerability has an adjacent network attack vector and medium attack complexity, potentially resulting in a complete system availability loss. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.6.18CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_virtualization_hypervisor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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