7.8
HIGH
CVE-2010-0437
Linux Kernel Net/IPv6 TUN Denial of Service Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

March 24, 2010, 1:34 p.m.

Last Modified :

Feb. 13, 2023, 4:16 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.9

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2010-0437 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Linux linux_kernel

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2010-0437 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2010-0437 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 13, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description CVE-2010-0437 kernel: ipv6: fix ip6_dst_lookup_tail() NULL pointer dereference 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.
    Removed CVSS V2 Metadata Access Complexity Insufficient Information
    Removed CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0147 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0148 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0149 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0161 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0437 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 02, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed 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. CVE-2010-0437 kernel: ipv6: fix ip6_dst_lookup_tail() NULL pointer dereference
    Added CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
    Removed Reference http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=e550dfb0c2c31b6363aa463a035fc9f8dcaa3c9b [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e550dfb0c2c31b6363aa463a035fc9f8dcaa3c9b [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0148 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0149 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0147 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0437 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0161 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 10, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 19, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10061 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10061 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 24, 2010

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2010-0437 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2010-0437 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

5.63 }} 1.58%

score

0.93340

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability