What is CVE-2011-2942?

CVE-2011-2942 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.8 out of 10. CVE-2011-2942 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2011-2942?

CVE-2011-2942 has a CVSS score of 6.8 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2011-2942?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2011-2942. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2011-2942 actively exploited?

CVE-2011-2942 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2011-2942

Medium

A certain Red Hat patch to the __br_deliver function in net/bridge/br_forward.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.18 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging connectivity to a network interface that uses an Ethernet bridge device.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2013-06-08

Last modified 2026-04-29

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

6.8

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Integrity

Availability

Vector string

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2011-2942 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Openwall
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/24/3
Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=730917

Details

CVE ID CVE-2011-2942

Severity Medium

CVSS score 6.8 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2013-06-08

Modified 2026-04-29

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2011-2942?

CVE-2011-2942 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.8 out of 10 . CVE-2011-2942 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2011-2942?

CVE-2011-2942 has a CVSS score of 6.8 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2011-2942?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2011-2942. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2011-2942 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2011-2942 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.