CVE-2011-2517

Key facts

CVSS score

7.2 (v2.0)

Severity

HIGH

CVSS vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness (CWE)

CWE-119

EPSS score

0.4% (32th percentile)

In CISA KEV

No

In EU EUVD

Yes (EUVD-2011-2502)

Published

May 24, 2012

NVD last modified

June 16, 2026

Status

Modified

Affected products

• linux / linux kernel
• redhat / enterprise linux
• redhat / enterprise linux desktop
• redhat / enterprise linux server
• redhat / enterprise linux workstation

Certified products that may be affected

7 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux libgcrypt Cryptographic Module v4.0 [1] and Red Hat Enterprise Linux libgcrypt Cryptographic Module v5.0 [2] - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 2657 - historical
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 OpenSSH-Server Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 1384 - historical
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 OpenSSH Client Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 1385 - historical
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 OpenSwan Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 1386 - historical
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Kernel Crypto API Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 1387 - historical

See all 7 in the Security Certifications Explorer.

References

• http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39.2(Broken Link)
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=208c72f4fe44fe09577e7975ba0e7fa0278f3d03
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1212.html(Third Party Advisory)
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/01/4(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=718152(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/208c72f4fe44fe09577e7975ba0e7fa0278f3d03(Patch, Third Party Advisory)