Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2011-2484 First vendor Publication 2011-06-24
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2024-11-21

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 4.9 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 6.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

The add_del_listener function in kernel/taskstats.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.39.1 and earlier does not prevent multiple registrations of exit handlers, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption), and bypass the OOM Killer, via a crafted application.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-2484

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-399 Resource Management Errors

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14810
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14810
Title: USN-1186-1 -- Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Description: linux: Linux kernel Multiple kernel flaws have been fixed.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-1186-1
CVE-2010-4073
CVE-2010-4165
CVE-2010-4238
CVE-2010-4249
CVE-2010-4649
CVE-2011-1044
CVE-2011-0711
CVE-2011-1010
CVE-2011-1090
CVE-2011-1170
CVE-2011-1171
CVE-2011-1172
CVE-2011-2534
CVE-2011-1173
CVE-2011-2484
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Ubuntu 8.04
 Product(s): Linux
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19779
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19779
Title: VMware vSphere and vCOps updates to third party libraries
Description: The add_del_listener function in kernel/taskstats.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.39.1 and earlier does not prevent multiple registrations of exit handlers, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption), and bypass the OOM Killer, via a crafted application.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2011-2484
 Version: 4
Platform(s): VMWare ESX Server 4.1
VMWare ESX Server 4.0
 Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Os 1393

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2012-08-31 Name : VMSA-2012-0013 VMware vSphere and vCOps updates to third party libraries.
File : nvt/gb_VMSA-2012-0013.nasl
2012-07-30 Name : CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2011:1386 centos5 x86_64
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2011_1386_kernel_centos5_x86_64.nasl
2012-07-30 Name : CentOS Update for xen CESA-2011:1401 centos5 x86_64
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2011_1401_xen_centos5_x86_64.nasl
2012-07-09 Name : RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2011:1350-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2011_1350-01_kernel.nasl
2011-11-11 Name : Ubuntu Update for linux-lts-backport-natty USN-1256-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1256_1.nasl
2011-10-31 Name : RedHat Update for xen RHSA-2011:1401-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2011_1401-01_xen.nasl
2011-10-31 Name : CentOS Update for xen CESA-2011:1401 centos5 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2011_1401_xen_centos5_i386.nasl
2011-10-21 Name : RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2011:1386-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2011_1386-01_kernel.nasl
2011-10-21 Name : CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2011:1386 centos5 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2011_1386_kernel_centos5_i386.nasl
2011-09-30 Name : Ubuntu Update for linux-ec2 USN-1216-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1216_1.nasl
2011-09-30 Name : Ubuntu Update for linux USN-1218-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1218_1.nasl
2011-09-23 Name : Ubuntu Update for linux-ti-omap4 USN-1212-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1212_1.nasl
2011-09-16 Name : Ubuntu Update for linux USN-1201-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1201_1.nasl
2011-09-16 Name : Ubuntu Update for linux-ti-omap4 USN-1202-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1202_1.nasl
2011-09-16 Name : Ubuntu Update for linux-mvl-dove USN-1203-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1203_1.nasl
2011-09-16 Name : Ubuntu Update for linux-fsl-imx51 USN-1204-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1204_1.nasl
2011-09-16 Name : Ubuntu Update for linux-lts-backport-maverick USN-1205-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1205_1.nasl
2011-09-16 Name : Ubuntu Update for linux-mvl-dove USN-1208-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1208_1.nasl
2011-08-27 Name : Fedora Update for kernel FEDORA-2011-11103
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2011_11103_kernel_fc14.nasl
2011-08-24 Name : Ubuntu Update for linux USN-1193-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1193_1.nasl
2011-08-12 Name : Ubuntu Update for linux USN-1186-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1186_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
73451 Linux Kernel kernel/taskstats.c add_del_listener Function Exit Handler Regist...

Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVM)

Date Description
2012-09-27 IAVM : 2012-A-0153 - Multiple Vulnerabilities in VMware ESX 4.0 and ESXi 4.0
Severity : Category I - VMSKEY : V0033884
2012-09-13 IAVM : 2012-B-0086 - VMware vCenter Operations Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability
Severity : Category I - VMSKEY : V0033791
2012-09-13 IAVM : 2012-A-0146 - Multiple Vulnerabilities in VMware vCenter Update Manager 4.1
Severity : Category I - VMSKEY : V0033792
2012-09-13 IAVM : 2012-A-0147 - Multiple Vulnerabilities in VMware vCenter Server 4.1
Severity : Category I - VMSKEY : V0033793
2012-09-13 IAVM : 2012-A-0148 - Multiple Vulnerabilities in VMware ESXi 4.1 and ESX 4.1
Severity : Category I - VMSKEY : V0033794

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2016-02-29 Name : The remote VMware ESX / ESXi host is missing a security-related patch.
File : vmware_VMSA-2012-0013_remote.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-05-20 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2013-1832-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-11-26 Name : The remote OracleVM host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclevm_OVMSA-2013-0039.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-11-17 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.
File : redhat-RHSA-2011-1408.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-07-22 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2011-1253.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-06-13 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_3_kernel-110726.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-06-13 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_4_kernel-110726.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-11-13 Name : The remote VMware ESXi 5.0 host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.
File : vmware_esxi_5_0_build_912577_remote.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-29 Name : The remote host has a virtualization appliance installed that is affected by ...
File : vcenter_operations_manager_vmsa_2012-0013.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2011-1401.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2011-2029.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2011-1386.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2011-1350.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-06-17 Name : The remote host has an update manager installed that is affected by multiple ...
File : vmware_vcenter_update_mgr_vmsa-2012-0013.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-06-05 Name : The remote host has a virtualization management application installed that is...
File : vmware_vcenter_vmsa-2012-0013.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-31 Name : The remote VMware ESXi / ESX host is missing one or more security-related pat...
File : vmware_VMSA-2012-0013.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20111005_kernel_on_SL6_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20111020_kernel_on_SL5_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-05-17 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_kernel-7665.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-12-13 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_kernel-7666.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-11-10 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-1256-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-10-25 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2011-1401.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-10-25 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2011-1401.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-10-21 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2011-1386.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-10-21 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2011-1386.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-10-06 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2011-1350.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-09-30 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-1218-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-09-27 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-1216-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-09-26 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-2310.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-09-22 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-1212-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-09-15 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-1208-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-09-14 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-1201-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-09-14 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-1202-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-09-14 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-1203-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-09-14 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-1204-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-09-14 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-1205-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-09-09 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-2303.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-08-23 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2011-11103.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-08-20 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-1193-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-08-09 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-1186-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

http://lists.openwall.net/linux-kernel/2011/06/16/605
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/22/1
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/22/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48383
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=715436
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68150
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