CVE-2010-2495

The pppol2tp_xmit function in drivers/net/pppol2tp.c in the L2TP implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34 does not properly validate certain values associated with an interface, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to a routing change.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_high_availability_extension:11:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server:11:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

13 Feb 2023, 03:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • {'url': 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2495', 'name': 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2495', 'tags': [], 'refsource': 'MISC'}
Summary CVE-2010-2495 kernel: l2tp: Fix oops in pppol2tp_xmit The pppol2tp_xmit function in drivers/net/pppol2tp.c in the L2TP implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34 does not properly validate certain values associated with an interface, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to a routing change.

02 Feb 2023, 14:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • {'url': 'http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=3feec9095d12e311b7d4eb7fe7e5dfa75d4a72a5', 'name': 'http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=3feec9095d12e311b7d4eb7fe7e5dfa75d4a72a5', 'tags': ['Patch', 'Vendor Advisory'], 'refsource': 'CONFIRM'}
  • (MISC) http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3feec9095d12e311b7d4eb7fe7e5dfa75d4a72a5 -
  • (MISC) https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2495 -
Summary The pppol2tp_xmit function in drivers/net/pppol2tp.c in the L2TP implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34 does not properly validate certain values associated with an interface, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to a routing change. CVE-2010-2495 kernel: l2tp: Fix oops in pppol2tp_xmit

Information

Published : 2010-09-08 20:00

Updated : 2023-12-10 11:03


NVD link : CVE-2010-2495

Mitre link : CVE-2010-2495

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2010-2495


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Products Affected

canonical

  • ubuntu_linux

suse

  • suse_linux_enterprise_desktop
  • suse_linux_enterprise_high_availability_extension
  • suse_linux_enterprise_server

linux

  • linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference