PT-2010-1832 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Olli Jarva + 1 · CVE-2010-0006 · Published 2010-01-26 · Updated 2023-02-13

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.1

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.32.4

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service due to a NULL pointer dereference via an invalid IPv6 jumbogram.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.6.32.4, update to version 2.6.32.4 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-0006

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 15

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0006 · Security Note
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00002.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.32.4 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-January/034250.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/14/2 · Note
• http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-0006 · Note
• http://cert.fi/en/reports/2010/vulnerability341748.html · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=555217 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/38168 · Note
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2570a4f5428bcdb1077622342181755741e7fa60 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/38333 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=126343325807340&w=2 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/37810 · Note
• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=300951 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/61876 · Note