CVE-2010-4526

Race condition in the sctp_icmp_proto_unreachable function in net/sctp/input.c in Linux kernel 2.6.11-rc2 through 2.6.33 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via an ICMP unreachable message to a socket that is already locked by a user, which causes the socket to be freed and triggers list corruption, related to the sctp_wait_for_connect function.

CVSS v2.0 7.1 HIGH

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CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

V2 Legend

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

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/04/13	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2010-4526	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/04/3	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0163.html	Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45661	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/42964	Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0169	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/46397	Broken Link
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html	Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64616	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=50b5d6ad63821cea324a5a7a19854d4de1a0a819

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.11:rc3::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.11:rc4::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.11:rc2::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.11:rc5::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_mrg:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:4.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:4.0:::::::*

Information

Published : 2011-01-10 19:00

Updated : 2023-02-12 20:28

NVD link : CVE-2010-4526

Mitre link : CVE-2010-4526

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-362

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

Products Affected

redhat

enterprise_mrg

vmware

linux

linux_kernel

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