Infinite loop in Linux kernel - CVE-2010-0008
Published: June 8, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU91422
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-0008
CWE-ID: CWE-835
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop within the sctp_rcv_ootb() function in the SCTP implementation. A remote attacker can send specially crafted packets to the system and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
Linux kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2010-0008
Install updates from vendor's website.
Linux kernel - update to 2.6.23
External References
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0146.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=555658
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/03/17/2
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0147.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0342.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39295
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43315
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11160
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ece25dfa0991f65c4e1d26beb1c3c45bda4239b8