CVE-2011-1493

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.39

Description The issue is related to an array index error in the rose parse national function, which can be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service or potentially have other unspecified impacts. This is achieved by composing FAC NATIONAL DIGIS data with a large number of digipeaters and sending it to a ROSE socket.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.39, update to version 2.6.39 or later to resolve the issue.