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CVE-2011-3188 in the critical feed json

The (1) IPv4 and (2) IPv6 implementations in the Linux kernel before 3.1 use a modified MD4 algorithm to generate sequence numbers and Frag…

published 2012-05-24 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2011-3153

cvss
9.1
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.0%
EPSS 5.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • linux linux_kernel 3.1
  • kernel RHEL 6 2.6.32-131.21.1.el6
  • perf RHEL 6 2.6.32-131.21.1.el6
  • kernel-kdump RHEL 6 2.6.32-131.21.1.el6
  • kernel-firmware RHEL 6 2.6.32-131.21.1.el6
  • kernel-bootwrapper RHEL 6 2.6.32-131.21.1.el6
  • kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 RHEL 6 2.6.32-131.21.1.el6
  • kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64 RHEL 6 2.6.32-131.21.1.el6
  • kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x RHEL 6 2.6.32-131.21.1.el6

red hat advisories RHSA-2011:1465RHSA-2011:1419RHSA-2011:1386RHSA-2012:0010

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2011-3188 updated cvss 5.8

kernel: net: improve sequence number generation

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 kernel
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) kernel 2.6.18-274.7.1.el5, kernel-PAE 2.6.18-274.7.1.el5, kernel-xen 2.6.18-274.7.1.el5, kernel-kdump 2.6.18-274.7.1.el5, kernel-debuginfo-common 2.6.18-274.7.1.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) kernel 2.6.18-274.7.1.el5, kernel-PAE 2.6.18-274.7.1.el5, kernel-xen 2.6.18-274.7.1.el5, kernel-debuginfo-common 2.6.18-274.7.1.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2011:1386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.6 server) kernel 2.6.18-238.28.1.el5, kernel-PAE 2.6.18-238.28.1.el5, kernel-xen 2.6.18-238.28.1.el5, kernel-kdump 2.6.18-238.28.1.el5, kernel-debuginfo-common 2.6.18-238.28.1.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2011:1419
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) perf 2.6.32-131.21.1.el6, kernel 2.6.32-131.21.1.el6, kernel-kdump 2.6.32-131.21.1.el6, kernel-firmware 2.6.32-131.21.1.el6, kernel-bootwrapper 2.6.32-131.21.1.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 2.6.32-131.21.1.el6, +3 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2011:1465
  • Red Hat MRG Realtime for RHEL 6 Server v.2 kernel-rt 2.6.33.9-rt31.79.el6rt, kernel-rt-trace 2.6.33.9-rt31.79.el6rt, kernel-rt-vanilla 2.6.33.9-rt31.79.el6rt, kernel-rt-firmware 2.6.33.9-rt31.79.el6rt, kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.33.9-rt31.79.el6rt
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:0010
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) kernel-headers 2.6.18-274.7.1.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) kernel-headers 2.6.18-274.7.1.el5
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

5.03% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Classification

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