CVE-2011-0001 Memory corruption in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code via a double free vulnerability in the tgt daemon during iSCSI login.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2011-0001?

CVE-2011-0001 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 15 Mar 2011. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Double free vulnerability in the iscsi_rx_handler function (usr/iscsi/iscsid.c) in the tgt daemon (tgtd) in Linux SCSI target framework (tgt) before 1.0.14, aka scsi-target-utils, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors related to a buffer overflow during iscsi login. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-0001?

It affects 1 product.

Linux distribution packages (6)
scsi-target-utils Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::serverAll versions0:1.0.4-3.el6_0.1
scsi-target-utils-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::serverAll versions0:1.0.4-3.el6_0.1
scsi-target-utils Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstationAll versions0:1.0.4-3.el6_0.1
scsi-target-utils-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstationAll versions0:1.0.4-3.el6_0.1
scsi-target-utils Red Hat:rhel_cluster_storage:5All versions0:1.0.8-0.el5_6.1
scsi-target-utils-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_cluster_storage:5All versions0:1.0.8-0.el5_6.1

Products include Zaal Tgt.

How do I fix CVE-2011-0001?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2011-0001 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-0001 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2011-0001, DSA-2209-1, GHSA-wm9f-xrfg-h5mx, RHSA-2011:0332.

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