What is the severity of CVE-2011-1547?

CVE-2011-1547 has a severity rating that indicates it can cause denial of service due to memory corruption and panic.

How do I fix CVE-2011-1547?

To resolve CVE-2011-1547, upgrade to NetBSD versions 5.0.3, 5.1.1, or later.

What systems are affected by CVE-2011-1547?

CVE-2011-1547 affects NetBSD versions 4.0, 5.0 (up to 5.0.2), and 5.1 (up to 5.1.0) when IPsec is enabled.

What types of packets can trigger CVE-2011-1547?

CVE-2011-1547 can be triggered by crafted IPv4 or IPv6 packets.

What are the potential impacts of CVE-2011-1547?

The potential impacts of CVE-2011-1547 include denial of service and possible unspecified other impacts due to stack consumption.

Vulnerability/
CVE-2011-1547

medium

6.8

CWE

119

9/5/2011

6/8/2024

CVE-2011-1547: Buffer Overflow

First published: Mon May 09 2011(Updated: )

Multiple stack consumption vulnerabilities in the kernel in NetBSD 4.0, 5.0 before 5.0.3, and 5.1 before 5.1.1, when IPsec is enabled, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted (1) IPv4 or (2) IPv6 packet with nested IPComp headers.

Credit: cve@mitre.org

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
NetBSD NetBSD	=5.1
NetBSD NetBSD	=5.0
NetBSD NetBSD	=4.0
NetBSD NetBSD	=5.0.2
NetBSD NetBSD	=5.0.1

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2011-1547?
CVE-2011-1547 has a severity rating that indicates it can cause denial of service due to memory corruption and panic.
How do I fix CVE-2011-1547?
To resolve CVE-2011-1547, upgrade to NetBSD versions 5.0.3, 5.1.1, or later.
What systems are affected by CVE-2011-1547?
CVE-2011-1547 affects NetBSD versions 4.0, 5.0 (up to 5.0.2), and 5.1 (up to 5.1.0) when IPsec is enabled.
What types of packets can trigger CVE-2011-1547?
CVE-2011-1547 can be triggered by crafted IPv4 or IPv6 packets.
What are the potential impacts of CVE-2011-1547?
The potential impacts of CVE-2011-1547 include denial of service and possible unspecified other impacts due to stack consumption.

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