398365 – (CVE-2012-0207) Kernel: "igmp_heard_query()" Denial of Service Vulnerability (CVE-2012-0207)

Bug 398365 (CVE-2012-0207) - Kernel: "igmp_heard_query()" Denial of Service Vulnerability (CVE-2012-0207)

Summary: Kernel: "igmp_heard_query()" Denial of Service Vulnerability (CVE-2012-0207)

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	CVE-2012-0207

Product:	Gentoo Security
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Kernel (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Kernel Security

URL:	https://secunia.com/advisories/47472/
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Reported:	2012-01-10 11:05 UTC by Agostino Sarubbo
Modified:	2018-04-04 17:53 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev

2012-01-10 11:05:39 UTC

From secunia security advisory at $URL:

Description:
The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the "igmp_heard_query()" function (net/ipv4/igmp.c) and can be exploited to cause a kernel crash via specially crafted IGMP queries.


Solution:
Fixed in the GIT repository.
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=a8c1f65c79cbbb2f7da782d4c9d15639a9b94b27

Comment 1 Aaron Bauman (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2018-04-04 17:53:42 UTC

There are no longer any 2.x or <3.2.x kernels available in the repository with the exception of sys-kernel/xbox-sources which is unsupported by security.