CVE-2010-0006

high

Description

The ipv6_hop_jumbo function in net/ipv6/exthdrs.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32.4, when network namespaces are enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via an invalid IPv6 jumbogram, a related issue to CVE-2007-4567.

References

Advisories
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=555217

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37810

http://www.osvdb.org/61876

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/14/2

http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-0006

http://secunia.com/advisories/38333

http://secunia.com/advisories/38168

http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=126343325807340&w=2

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00002.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-January/034250.html

http://cert.fi/en/reports/2010/vulnerability341748.html

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=300951

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.32.4

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2570a4f5428bcdb1077622342181755741e7fa60

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2010-01-26

Updated: 2025-04-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.02158