CVE-2011-4093 Information

Description

Integer overflow in inc/server.hpp in libnet6 (aka net6) before 1.3.14 might allow remote attackers to hijack connections and gain privileges as other users by making a large number of connections until the overflow occurs and an ID of another user is provided.

Reference

http://git.0x539.de/?p=net6.git;a=commitdiff;h=ac61d7fb42a1f977fb527e024bede319c4a9e169;hp=08c8e2261604c6fcbbaf62f9ae9d13f7015fcb9a http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-01/msg00044.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-01/msg00054.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/31/1 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727710 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=750631