Resource exhaustion in Linux kernel - CVE-2010-4249
Published: November 29, 2010 / Updated: June 20, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU92581
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-4249
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to resource exhaustion error. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
Linux kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2010-4249
Install update from vendor's repository.
Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes
External References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/10
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/next/patch-v2.6.37-rc3-next-20101125.bz2
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=129059035929046&w=2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45037
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/11/23/450
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/11/25/8
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15622/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=656756
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/11/23/395
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42354
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3321
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42745
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0162.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42963
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0168
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42890
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html
- 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/davem/net-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9915672d41273f5b77f1b3c29b391ffb7732b84b