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CVE-2010-4526

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
Publication date:
11/01/2011
Last modified:
11/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.10 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

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

Base Score 2.0
7.10
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 2.6.11.1 (including) 2.6.33 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.11:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_mrg:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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