CVE-2010-4249: fedoraproject fedora Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Modified

Published 29-11-2010Last modified 07-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2010-4249 is a medium (CVSS 4.9) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 0.89% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 59.3% of scored vulnerabilities. 6 public exploits are recorded.

Priority

Routine

Not severe (CVSS 4.9, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?

CVSS score

4.9/10

010

Medium · v2.0 (NVD)

EPSS score

0.89%

0%100%

Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days

KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.

RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.

Public exploits6reference, exploit-database

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 5

DSA-2153-1 RHSA-2011:0007 RHSA-2011:0162 RHSA-2011:0303 RHSA-2011:0330

Timeline

29-11-2010
PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
07-08-2024
Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The wait_for_unix_gc function in net/unix/garbage.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc3-next-20101125 does not properly select times for garbage collection of inflight sockets, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) via crafted use of the socketpair and sendmsg system calls for SOCK_SEQPACKET sockets.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

v2.04.9

EPSS trend

Probability

0.89%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

59%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.89% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

6 found

referenceUnverified
Exploit Reference (openwall.com)
Maturity: unknown
referenceUnverified
Exploit Reference (openwall.com)
Maturity: unknown
referenceUnverified
Exploit Reference (lkml.org)
Maturity: unknown

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referenceUnverified
Exploit Reference (lkml.org)
Maturity: unknown
referenceUnverified
Exploit Reference (marc.info)
Maturity: unknown
exploit-databasedoslinuxVerified
Linux Kernel 2.6.37 - Unix Sockets Local Denial of Service
Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionThe product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Fedoraproject1 product

fedoraEOL13

Linux1 product

linux_kernel< 2.6.37 | 2.6.37 | 2.6.37:rc1 | 2.6.37:rc2

2 vendors · 2 products

References

23 links

secunia.com/advisories/42354Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threadedMailing ListX Refsource BUGTRAQThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
secunia.com/advisories/46397Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/10Mailing ListX Refsource MLISTExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORAThird Party Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/45037VDB EntryX Refsource BIDThird Party Advisory
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource REDHATThird Party Advisory
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/2Mailing ListX Refsource MLISTExploitThird Party Advisory
lkml.org/lkml/2010/11/23/395Mailing ListX Refsource MLISTExploitThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=656756X Refsource CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

Show all 23 references

www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3321VDB EntryX Refsource VUPENThird Party Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/42963Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
lkml.org/lkml/2010/11/25/8Mailing ListX Refsource MLISTExploitThird Party Advisory
www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.htmlX Refsource CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
marc.info?l=linux-netdev&m=129059035929046&w=2Mailing ListX Refsource MLISTExploitPatch
secunia.com/advisories/42890Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0162.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource REDHATThird Party Advisory
git.kernel.orgX Refsource CONFIRM
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15622/ExploitX Refsource EXPLOIT DBThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0168VDB EntryX Refsource VUPENThird Party Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/42745Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/next/patch-v2.6.37-rc3-next-20101125.bz2X Refsource CONFIRMBroken Link
lkml.org/lkml/2010/11/23/450Mailing ListX Refsource MLISTPatchThird Party Advisory