CVE-2010-0006

Summary

CVECVE-2010-0006
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-01-26 18:30:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.1 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-476 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - CVE-2010-0006 - kernel: ipv6: skb_dst() can be NULL in ipv6_hop_jumbo() af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: Linux kernel (SUSE-SA:20 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Fedora update for kernel - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
300951 – (CVE-2010-0006) Kernel: ipv6: skb_dst() can be NULL (CVE-2010-0006) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
CVE-2010-0006 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security-tracker.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Fedora update for kernel - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
404: File not found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kernel.org Vendor Advisory
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org
Bug 555217 – CVE-2010-0006 kernel: ipv6: skb_dst() can be NULL in ipv6_hop_jumbo() af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
www.osvdb.org/61876 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org Third Party Advisory
'[PATCH]: ipv6: skb_dst() can be NULL in ipv6_hop_jumbo().' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Linux Kernel 'ipv6_hop_jumbo()' Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CERT-FI - CERT-FI Advisory on Linux IPv6 Jumbogram handling af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 cert.fi Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: kernel-2.6.30.10-105.2.4.fc11 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MITRE git.kernel.org
CVE-2010-0006 - Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2010-01-28Tomas HogerNot vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of the Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, 5 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG as they did not have support for network namespaces, and did not include upstream commit 483a47d2 that introduced the problem.

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