CVE - CVE-2010-0437

CVE-ID
CVE-2010-0437	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The ip6_dst_lookup_tail function in net/ipv6/ip6_output.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27 does not properly handle certain circumstances involving an IPv6 TUN network interface and a large number of neighbors, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.
References
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MISC:20110211 VMSA-2011-0003 Third party component updates for VMware vCenter Server, vCenter Update Manager, ESXi and ESX URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded MISC:39033 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/39033 MISC:43315 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/43315 MISC:RHSA-2010:0147 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0147.html MISC:RHSA-2010:0161 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0161.html MISC:[oss-security] 20100211 CVE request - kernel: ip6_dst_lookup_tail() NULL pointer dereference URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/11/1 MISC:[oss-security] 20100304 Re: CVE request - kernel: ip6_dst_lookup_tail() NULL pointer dereference URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/03/04/4 MISC:http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11469 URL:http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11469 MISC:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e550dfb0c2c31b6363aa463a035fc9f8dcaa3c9b URL:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e550dfb0c2c31b6363aa463a035fc9f8dcaa3c9b MISC:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27 URL:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27 MISC:http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html URL:http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=563781 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=563781 MISC:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10061 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10061
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20100127	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20100127)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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