The (1) IPv4 and (2) IPv6 implementations in the Linux kernel before 3.1 use a modified MD4 algorithm to generate sequence numbers and Fragment Identification values, which makes it easier for remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disrupted networking) or hijack network sessions by predicting these values and sending crafted packets.
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{'score': 0.06109}

epss

{'score': 0.03063}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T23:22:27.694Z

Reserved: 2011-08-19T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2011-3188

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2012-05-24T23:55:02.213

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2011-3188

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2011-08-07T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2011-3188 - Bugzilla

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