Release Date: | 2011-01-22 | |
Impact: | Moderate | What is this? |
fs/exec.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37 does not enable the OOM Killer to assess use of stack memory by arrays representing the (1) arguments and (2) environment, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted exec system call, aka an OOM dodging issue, a related issue to CVE-2010-3858.
See more information about CVE-2010-4243 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
Base Score: | 4.9 |
Vector String: | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
Version: | 2.0 |
Attack Vector: | Local |
Attack Complexity: | Low |
Authentication: | None |
Confidentiality Impact: | None |
Integrity Impact: | None |
Availability Impact: | Complete |
Platform | Errata | Release Date |
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel) | ELSA-2011-0017 | 2011-01-20 |
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-238.el5) | ELSA-2011-0017 | 2011-01-20 |
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-238.el5) | ELSA-2011-0017 | 2011-01-20 |
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel) | ELSA-2011-0283 | 2011-02-23 |
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