CVE-2010-3880

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

10/12/2010

Last modified:

11/04/2025

Description

net/ipv4/inet_diag.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc2 does not properly audit INET_DIAG bytecode, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel infinite loop) via crafted INET_DIAG_REQ_BYTECODE instructions in a netlink message that contains multiple attribute elements, as demonstrated by INET_DIAG_BC_JMP instructions.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.90 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

4.90

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::		2.6.37 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.37:-::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.37:rc1::::::
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2010-3880

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools