CVE-2010-1187

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CVE-2010-1187

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CVE-2010-1187 at MITRE

Description

The Transparent Inter-Process Communication (TIPC) functionality in Linux kernel 2.6.16-rc1 through 2.6.33, and possibly other versions, allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel OOPS) by sending datagrams through AF_TIPC before entering network mode, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.

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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	4.9
Vector	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector	Local
Access Complexity	Low
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	None
Integrity Impact	None
Availability Impact	Complete

Note from the SUSE Security Team

All shipping Linux kernels in products have CONFIG_TIPC=n, meaning TIPC support disabled. This means we are not affected by this issue.

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 592573 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Jul 9 16:57:14 2013
CVE page last modified: Fri Oct 7 12:45:54 2022