CVE-2011-1573

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.34

Description The issue is related to the calculation of chunk lengths for INIT and INIT ACK chunks in the Linux kernel. When addip enable and auth enable are used, the amount of zero padding is not considered, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted packet data.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.34, update to version 2.6.34 or later to resolve the issue.