Upstream information

CVE-2011-4609 at MITRE

Description

The svc_run function in the RPC implementation in glibc before 2.15 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a large number of RPC connections.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 5
Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
SUSE Bugzilla entries: 1123874 [NEW], 741553 [RESOLVED / WONTFIX]

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Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 glibc Not affected
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE glibc Affected
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 glibc Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 glibc Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 glibc Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 glibc Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 glibc Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4-LTSS glibc Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 glibc Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS glibc Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1-LTSS glibc Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 glibc Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS glibc Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2-LTSS glibc Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 glibc Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS glibc Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 glibc Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS glibc Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP1 glibc Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP2 glibc Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3 glibc Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 glibc Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Business All-in-One 11 SP1 glibc Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 glibc Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 glibc Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 glibc Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 glibc Affected

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 08:51:04 2013
CVE page last modified: Tue Dec 17 19:18:51 2024