Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:24053Denial Of Service (DoS)
4.9 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
kernel is vulnerable to denial of service (DoS). The vulnerability exists as a flaw was found in the kernel connector implementation. A local, unprivileged user could trigger this flaw by sending an arbitrary amount of notification requests using specially-crafted netlink messages.
References
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f98bfbd78c37c5946cc53089da32a5f741efdeb7
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=f98bfbd78c37c5946cc53089da32a5f741efdeb7
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035070.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035159.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00000.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00006.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00007.html
secunia.com/advisories/38492
secunia.com/advisories/38557
secunia.com/advisories/38779
secunia.com/advisories/38922
secunia.com/advisories/39033
secunia.com/advisories/39649
secunia.com/advisories/39742
secunia.com/advisories/43315
support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100088287
www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1996
www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2005
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.32.8
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:088
www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2010_23_kernel.html
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/03/1
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/03/3
www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0161.html
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0398.html
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com/bid/38058
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-914-1
www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0638
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0161
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=561682
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10903
Related
4.9 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C