Linux Kernel 2.6.28.2 resource management

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A vulnerability has been found in Linux Kernel 2.6.28.2 (Operating System) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

The ULE decapsulation functionality in drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_net.c in dvb-core in Linux kernel 2.6.33 and earlier allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted MPEG2-TS frame, related to an invalid Payload Pointer ULE.

The issue has been introduced in 12/25/2008. The weakness was presented 04/06/2010 by Ang Way Chuang as Bug 569237 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is available at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2010-1086. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/07/2021).

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 467 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 46256 (CentOS 4 : kernel (CESA-2010:0394)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165591 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update Linux Kernel (SUSE-SA:2010:023)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (56660) and Tenable (46256). See 51918, 51485, 52620 and 52617 for similar entries.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 46256
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 : kernel (CESA-2010:0394)
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OpenVAS ID: 67406
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2053-1 (linux-2.6)
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03/02/2010 +432 days 🔍
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03/19/2015 +1767 days 🔍
09/07/2021 +2364 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: kernel.org

Advisory: Bug 569237
Researcher: Ang Way Chuang
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-1086 (🔍)
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X-Force: 56660
Vulnerability Center: 25773 - Linux kernel 2.6.33-rc8 and Prior Remote DoS Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 38479 - Linux Kernel 'dvb_net_ule()' Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

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Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 09/07/2021 09:39
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (65), 02/24/2017 14:40 (11), 09/07/2021 09:36 (4), 09/07/2021 09:39 (1)
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