CVE-2010-4249

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Description

The wait_for_unix_gc function in net/unix/garbage.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc3-next-20101125 does not properly select times for garbage collection of inflight sockets, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) via crafted use of the socketpair and sendmsg system calls for SOCK_SEQPACKET sockets.

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6.git;a=commit;h=9915672d41273f5b77f1b3c29b391ffb7732b84b

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.html

http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/11/23/395

http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/11/23/450

http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/11/25/8

http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=129059035929046&w=2

http://secunia.com/advisories/42354

http://secunia.com/advisories/42745

http://secunia.com/advisories/42890

http://secunia.com/advisories/42963

http://secunia.com/advisories/46397

http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15622/

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/next/patch-v2.6.37-rc3-next-20101125.bz2

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/10

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/2

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0162.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45037

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3321

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0168

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=656756

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2010-11-29

Updated: 2020-08-14

Type: CWE-400

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Impact Score: 6.9

Exploitability Score: 3.9

Severity: MEDIUM

Vulnerable Software

Configuration 1

OR

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.37:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.37:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.37:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2

OR

cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Tenable Plugins

View all (31 total)

IDNameProductFamilySeverity
89680VMware ESX / ESXi Third-Party Libraries Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2011-0012) (remote check)NessusMisc.
high
83603SUSE SLES10 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2013:1832-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
79507OracleVM 2.2 : kernel (OVMSA-2013-0039)NessusOracleVM Local Security Checks
high
74801openSUSE Security Update : kernel (openSUSE-SU-2012:1439-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
74658openSUSE Security Update : Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2012:0799-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
68414Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2011-2010)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
medium
68207Oracle Linux 5 : kernel (ELSA-2011-0303)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
medium
68182Oracle Linux 4 : kernel (ELSA-2011-0162)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
medium
68177Oracle Linux 6 : kernel (ELSA-2011-0007)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
high
65101Ubuntu 10.04 LTS : linux-lts-backport-maverick vulnerabilities (USN-1083-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
critical
65103Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 10.10 : linux-mvl-dove vulnerabilities (USN-1093-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
high
60967Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL5.x i386/x86_64NessusScientific Linux Local Security Checks
medium
60938Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL4.x i386/x86_64NessusScientific Linux Local Security Checks
medium
59161SuSE 10 Security Update : Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 7915)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
57659SuSE 10 Security Update : Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 7918)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
56508VMSA-2011-0012 : VMware ESXi and ESX updates to third-party libraries and ESX Service ConsoleNessusVMware ESX Local Security Checks
high
55784Ubuntu 8.04 LTS : linux vulnerabilities (USN-1186-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
medium
55591Ubuntu 11.04 : linux vulnerabilities (USN-1167-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
medium
55077USN-1119-1 : linux-ti-omap4 vulnerabilitiesNessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
high
55069Ubuntu 6.06 LTS : linux-source-2.6.15 vulnerabilities (USN-1111-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
high
53422CentOS 5 : kernel (CESA-2011:0303)NessusCentOS Local Security Checks
medium
52488RHEL 5 : kernel (RHSA-2011:0303)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
medium
52476Ubuntu 9.10 : linux, linux-ec2 vulnerabilities (USN-1073-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
high
51847Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 10.10 : linux, linux-ec2 vulnerabilities (USN-1054-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
high
51818Debian DSA-2153-1 : linux-2.6 - privilege escalation/denial of service/information leakNessusDebian Local Security Checks
high
51786CentOS 4 : kernel (CESA-2011:0162)NessusCentOS Local Security Checks
medium
51569RHEL 4 : kernel (RHSA-2011:0162)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
medium
51500RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2011:0007)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
high
51374Fedora 13 : kernel-2.6.34.7-66.fc13 (2010-18983)NessusFedora Local Security Checks
high
801505CentOS RHSA-2011-0303 Security CheckLog Correlation EngineGeneric
high
801503CentOS RHSA-2011-0162 Security CheckLog Correlation EngineGeneric
high