PT-2011-1485 · Linux+1 · Linux Kernel+1

Brad Spengler · CVE-2010-4243 · Published 2011-01-13 · Updated 2023-02-13

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.9

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.37

Description The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service due to memory consumption via a crafted exec system call. This is related to the handling of stack memory by arrays representing arguments and environment variables in the fs/exec.c file.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.6.37, update to version 2.6.37 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Resource Exhaustion

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-400

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-4243

DSA-2153-1

RHSA-2011:0017

RHSA-2011:0283

RHSA-2011:1253

RHSA-2011_0017

RHSA-2011_0283

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

References · 72

• 🔥 http://exploit-db.com/exploits/15619 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/15619 · Exploit
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-04590 · Security Note
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2011-0283.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-06267 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-08636 · Security Note
• http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/27/429 · Patch
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-06266 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-08632 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-06261 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-08638 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-06270 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-05302 · Security Note
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0017.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01580 · Security Note