Vulnerability CVE-2010-0006
Published: 2010-01-26   Modified: 2012-02-13

Description:
The ipv6_hop_jumbo function in net/ipv6/exthdrs.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32.4, when network namespaces are enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via an invalid IPv6 jumbogram, a related issue to CVE-2007-4567.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
linux kernel and intel e1000: ipv6 skb_dst() can be NULL in ipv6_hop_jumbo()
David Miller
28.01.2010

Type:

CWE-476

 (NULL Pointer Dereference)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.1/10
6.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Complete
Affected software
Linux -> Kernel 
Linux -> Linux kernel 
Intel -> E1000 

 References:
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=300951
http://cert.fi/en/reports/2010/vulnerability341748.html
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=2570a4f5428bcdb1077622342181755741e7fa60
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-January/034250.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00002.html
http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=126343325807340&w=2
http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-0006
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.32.4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/14/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37810
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=555217
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