CVE-2010-4242
Linux Bluetooth HCI UART DoS Denial of Service
Description
The hci_uart_tty_open function in the HCI UART driver (drivers/bluetooth/hci_ldisc.c) in the Linux kernel 2.6.36, and possibly other versions, does not verify whether the tty has a write operation, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via vectors related to the Bluetooth driver.
INFO
Published Date :
Jan. 11, 2011, 3 a.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 1:20 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
6.9
Exploitability Score :
1.9
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://git.kernel.org/linus/c19483cc5e56ac5e22dd19cf25ba210ab1537773 Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/42789 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/42890 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/42963 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/43291 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/46397 Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0004.html Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0162.html Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45014 Added Reference http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0024 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0168 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375 Added Reference http://xorl.wordpress.com/2010/12/01/cve-2010-4242-linux-kernel-bluetooth-hci-uart-invalid-pointer-access/ Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=641410 Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64617 Added Reference https://lkml.org/lkml/2010/10/7/255 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 10, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 17, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/64617 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64617 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jan. 11, 2011
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2010-4242 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-2010-4242
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.04 }} 0.00%
score
0.08236
percentile