CVE-2010-0437

CVE Details

Release Date:	2010-03-24
Impact:	Important	What is this?

Description

The ip6_dst_lookup_tail function in net/ipv6/ip6_output.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27 does not properly handle certain circumstances involving an IPv6 TUN network interface and a large number of neighbors, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	7.8
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2010-0147	2010-03-17
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-164.15.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2010-0147	2010-03-17
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-164.15.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2010-0147	2010-03-17