CVE-2010-4249
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.89 % · percentile 59 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- redhat
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
The wait_for_unix_gc function in net/unix/garbage.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc3-next-20101125 does not properly select times for garbage collection of inflight sockets, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) via crafted use of the socketpair and sendmsg system calls for SOCK_SEQPACKET sockets.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42354
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/10
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45037
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/2
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/11/23/395
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=656756
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3321
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42963
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/11/25/8
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=129059035929046&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42890
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0162.html
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9915672d41273f5b77f1b3c29b391ffb7732b84b
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15622/
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0168
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42745
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/next/patch-v2.6.37-rc3-next-20101125.bz2
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/11/23/450
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 2.0 | MEDIUM 4.9 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2010-4222
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2010-4249
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTA-2011-AVI-571 — Vulnérabilités dans VMWare ESX et ESXi · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 2.6.37cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.37:-:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.37:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.37:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| affected n/a |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |