SB2010012602 - Null pointer dereference in Linux kernel
Published: January 26, 2010
Security Bulletin ID
SB2010012602
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Null pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2010-0006)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to null pointer dereference error. A remote non-authenticated attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37810
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-January/034250.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38333
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/14/2
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.32.4
- http://www.osvdb.org/61876
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=555217
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38168
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=126343325807340&w=2
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=300951
- http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-0006
- http://cert.fi/en/reports/2010/vulnerability341748.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00002.html
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2570a4f5428bcdb1077622342181755741e7fa60