CVE-2010-4160
Vulnerability Summary
Timeline
Description
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.
CVSS Metrics
- v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.9AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 0.11%• Percentile: 29%
Techniques & Countermeasures
- CWE-190•Integer Overflow or Wraparound
The product performs a calculation that can produce an integer overflow or wraparound when the logic assumes that the resulting value will always be larger than the original value. This occurs when an integer value is incremented to a value that is too large to store in the associated representation. When this occurs, the value may become a very small or negative number.
Affected Systems
- linux•linux_kernel
< 2.6.36.2
- opensuse•opensuse
11.2
- suse•linux_enterprise_desktop
10:sp3 | 11:sp1
- suse•linux_enterprise_server
9 | 10:sp3 | 11:sp1
- suse•linux_enterprise_software_development_kit
10:sp3
References (28)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43056
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42801
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00001.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/6
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42932
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0124
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145673.html
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36.2
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/12
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651892
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00007.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42890
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0012
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8acfe468b0384e834a303f08ebc4953d72fb690a
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44762
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/4
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/10/5
- http://xorl.wordpress.com/2010/11/11/cve-2010-4160-linux-kernel-l2tp-integer-overflows/
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/5
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=253eacc070b114c2ec1f81b067d2fed7305467b0
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43291
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/10/16
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0213
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145248.html