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title: "CVE-2011-4913\n    | Ubuntu"
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url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-4913?format=md
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# CVE-2011-4913

Publication date 4 January 2012

Last updated 4 July 2026

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

The rose\_parse\_ccitt function in net/rose/rose\_subr.c in the Linux kernel
before 2.6.39 does not validate the FAC\_CCITT\_DEST\_NSAP and
FAC\_CCITT\_SRC\_NSAP fields, which allows remote attackers to (1) cause a
denial of service (integer underflow, heap memory corruption, and panic)
via a small length value in data sent to a ROSE socket, or (2) conduct
stack-based buffer overflow attacks via a large length value in data sent
to a ROSE socket.

### From the Ubuntu Security Team

Dan Rosenberg discovered flaws in the linux Rose (X.25 PLP) layer used by
amateur radio. A local user or a remote user on an X.25 network could
exploit these flaws to execute arbitrary code as root.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| linux | 12.10 quantal | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not affected |
| 11.04 natty | Fixed 2.6.38-9.43 |
| 10.10 maverick | Fixed 2.6.35-30.52 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 2.6.32-32.62 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 2.6.24-29.93 |
| linux-armadaxp | 12.10 quantal | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not in release |
| 11.04 natty | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| linux-ec2 | 12.10 quantal | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not in release |
| 11.04 natty | Not in release |
| 10.10 maverick | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 2.6.32-316.30 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| linux-fsl-imx51 | 12.10 quantal | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not in release |
| 11.04 natty | Not in release |
| 10.10 maverick | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 2.6.31-610.27 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| linux-lts-backport-maverick | 12.10 quantal | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not in release |
| 11.04 natty | Not in release |
| 10.10 maverick | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 2.6.35-30.54~lucid1 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| linux-lts-backport-natty | 12.10 quantal | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not in release |
| 11.04 natty | Not in release |
| 10.10 maverick | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| linux-lts-backport-oneiric | 12.10 quantal | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not in release |
| 11.04 natty | Not in release |
| 10.10 maverick | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| linux-mvl-dove | 12.10 quantal | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not in release |
| 11.04 natty | Not in release |
| 10.10 maverick | Fixed 2.6.32-417.34 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 2.6.32-217.34 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| linux-ti-omap4 | 12.10 quantal | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not affected |
| 11.04 natty | Fixed 2.6.38-1209.13 |
| 10.10 maverick | Fixed 2.6.35-903.23 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-4913?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| linux | * Introduced by   [1da177e](https://git.kernel.org/linus/1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2),   fixed by   [be20250](https://git.kernel.org/linus/be20250c13f88375345ad99950190685eda51eb8) |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-4913)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4913)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2011-4913)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-4913)

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+ [USN-1167-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1167-1)
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+ [USN-1187-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1187-1)
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+ [USN-1212-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1212-1)
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+ [USN-1159-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1159-1)
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### Other references

* <http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=130060344616926>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-4913>
