CVE-2010-2495

Summary

CVECVE-2010-2495
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-09-08 20:00:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-13 03:15:00 UTC
DescriptionThe pppol2tp_xmit function in drivers/net/pppol2tp.c in the L2TP implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34 does not properly validate certain values associated with an interface, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to a routing change.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-476

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 6.06 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 8.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 9.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 9.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 6.06 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 8.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 9.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 9.10 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 11 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 11 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp1 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Re: kernel: l2tp: Fix oops in pppol2tp_xmit MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree CONFIRM git.kernel.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE-2010-2495 - Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
USN-1000-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: kernel: l2tp: Fix oops in pppol2tp_xmit MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: Linux kernel (SUSE-SA:20 SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Bug 607054 – CVE-2010-2495 kernel: l2tp: Fix oops in pppol2tp_xmit CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MISC git.kernel.org
404: File not found CONFIRM www.kernel.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
oss-security - Re: kernel: l2tp: Fix oops in pppol2tp_xmit MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - kernel: l2tp: Fix oops in pppol2tp_xmit MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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