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CVE-2010-4160

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Date: January 7, 2011

Multiple integer overflows in the (1) pppol2tp_sendmsg function in net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c, and the (2) l2tp_ip_sendmsg function in net/l2tp/l2tp_ip.c, in the PPPoL2TP and IPoL2TP implementations in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 allow local users to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and panic) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted sendto call.

Language: C

Severity Score

7.4

Related Resources (32)

Url: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=253eacc070b114c2ec1f81b067d2fed7305467b0

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44762

Url: http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/12

Url: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8acfe468b0384e834a303f08ebc4953d72fb690a

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00001.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/43291

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

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/42890

Url: http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/10/16

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00007.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.html

Url: http://xorl.wordpress.com/2010/11/11/cve-2010-4160-linux-kernel-l2tp-integer-overflows/

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/42932

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0213

Url: http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/4

Url: http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/5

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2010-4160

Url: http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/6

Url: http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145673.html

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0012

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-4160

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651892

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/43056

Url: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36.2

Url: http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145248.html

Url: http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/10/5

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4160

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/42801

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0124

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2010-4160

Severity Score

7.4

Weakness Type (CWE)

Integer Overflow or Wraparound

CWE-190

Numeric Errors

CWE-189

Top Fix

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.4
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	6.9
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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CVE-2010-4160

Good to know:

Date: January 7, 2011

Language: C

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Related Resources (32)

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