SB2010121001 - Denial of service in Linux kernel ipv4
Published: December 10, 2010 Updated: June 8, 2024
Security Bulletin ID
SB2010121001
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2010-3880)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop in net/ipv4/inet_diag.c. A local user can consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/04/9
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145899.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44665
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651264
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/05/3
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42126
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0004.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0024
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42789
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42890
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=22e76c849d505d87c5ecf3d3e6742a65f0ff4860