Vulnerability in Linux Kernel
CVE-2010-4526
Race condition in the sctp_icmp_proto_unreachable function in net/sctp/input.c in Linux kernel 2.6.11-rc2 through 2.6.33 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via an ICMP unreachable message to a socket that is already locked by a user, which causes the socket to be freed and triggers list corruption, related to the sctp_wait_for_connect function.
Vulnerability class: Race Condition
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.025 (84.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 84th percentile — 84.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.025 · newest: 0.025 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Linux Kernel — versions 2.6.11
- VMware Esx — versions 4.0, 4.1
- Red Hat Enterprise Mrg — versions 1.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0163.html (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/04/13 (mailing-list, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded (mailing-list, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/46397 (Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html (Third Party Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/04/3 (mailing-list, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/45661 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0169 (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- git.kernel.org/