CVE-2010-0410
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
4.9
Description
drivers/connector/connector.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32.8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and system crash) by sending the kernel many NETLINK_CONNECTOR messages.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
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OS impact
Debian Affected 2 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | Affected | — |
| 4.0 | Affected | — |
Linux kernel Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | 2.6.32.8 |
Ubuntu Affected 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 9.10 | Affected | — |
| 9.04 | Affected | — |
| 8.10 | Affected | — |
| 8.04 | Affected | — |
| 6.06 | Affected | — |
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f98bfbd78c37c5946cc53089da32a5f741efdeb7
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035070.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035159.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00007.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38492
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38557
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38779
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38922
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39033
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39649
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39742
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43315
- http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100088287
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1996
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2005
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.32.8
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:088
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2010_23_kernel.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/03/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/03/3
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0161.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0398.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded
CWEs
CWE-399
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.