6.9 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
kernel is vulnerable to privilege escalation. Missing boundary checks in the PPP over L2TP sockets implementation could allow a local, unprivileged user to cause a denial of service or escalate their privileges.
docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Technical_Notes/ape.html#RHSA-2011-0007
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=253eacc070b114c2ec1f81b067d2fed7305467b0
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8acfe468b0384e834a303f08ebc4953d72fb690a
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=253eacc070b114c2ec1f81b067d2fed7305467b0
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=8acfe468b0384e834a303f08ebc4953d72fb690a
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00001.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00007.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/10/16
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/10/5
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/12
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/4
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/5
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/6
secunia.com/advisories/42801
secunia.com/advisories/42890
secunia.com/advisories/42932
secunia.com/advisories/43056
secunia.com/advisories/43291
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36.2
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html
www.securityfocus.com/bid/44762
www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145248.html
www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145673.html
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0012
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0124
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0213
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375
xorl.wordpress.com/2010/11/11/cve-2010-4160-linux-kernel-l2tp-integer-overflows/
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:0007
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651892