CVE-2010-4249

Public Exploit

Description

The wait_for_unix_gc function in net/unix/garbage.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc3-next-20101125 does not properly select times for garbage collection of inflight sockets, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) via crafted use of the socketpair and sendmsg system calls for SOCK_SEQPACKET sockets.

Category

4.9
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.11%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/42354 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded mailing list vdb entry third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/46397 third party advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/10 mailing list patch exploit third party advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45037 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/2 mailing list exploit third party advisory
http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/11/23/395 mailing list exploit third party advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=656756 issue tracking third party advisory patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3321 vdb entry third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42963 third party advisory
http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/11/25/8 mailing list exploit third party advisory
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html third party advisory
http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=129059035929046&w=2 mailing list exploit patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/42890 third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0162.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9915672d41273f5b77f1b3c29b391ffb7732b84b
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15622/ exploit vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0168 vdb entry third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42745 third party advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/next/patch-v2.6.37-rc3-next-20101125.bz2 broken link
http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/11/23/450 mailing list third party advisory patch

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-4249?
CVE-2010-4249 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-4249?
To fix CVE-2010-4249, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2010-4249 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2010-4249 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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