Denial of Service Vulnerability in cipso_v4_validate in Linux Kernel

CVE-2013-7470 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

cipso_v4_validate in include/net/cipso_ipv4.h in the Linux kernel before 3.11.7, when CONFIG_NETLABEL is disabled, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and crash), as demonstrated by icmpsic, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-0310.

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