CVE-2010-4160Integer Overflow or Wraparound in Kernel

Severity
6.9MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 62.86%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedJan 7
Latest updateMay 13

Description

Multiple integer overflows in the (1) pppol2tp_sendmsg function in net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c, and the (2) l2tp_ip_sendmsg function in net/l2tp/l2tp_ip.c, in the PPPoL2TP and IPoL2TP implementations in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 allow local users to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and panic) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted sendto call.

CVSS vector

AV:L/AC:M/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 3.4 | Impact: 10.0

Affected Packages5 packages

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-xvf7-379r-cpg2: Multiple integer overflows in the (1) pppol2tp_sendmsg function in net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp2022-05-13
CVEList
CVE-2010-4160: Multiple integer overflows in the (1) pppol2tp_sendmsg function in net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp2011-01-07

📋Vendor Advisories

9
Ubuntu
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Ubuntu
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2010-4650 kernel: fuse: verify ioctl retries2011-01-07
Bugzilla
CVE-2010-4160 kernel: L2TP send buffer allocation size overflows2010-11-10
CVE-2010-4160 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound | cvebase