CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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6.2 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel 2.6.16.9 (Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is the function irda_open_tsap
. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:
The irda_bind function in net/irda/af_irda.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc3-next-20100901 does not properly handle failure of the irda_open_tsap function, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and panic) and possibly have unspecified other impact via multiple unsuccessful calls to bind on an AF_IRDA (aka PF_IRDA) socket.
The issue has been introduced in 03/20/2006. The weakness was presented 09/03/2010 by Tavis Ormandy as Bug 628770 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-2954. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1628 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 51612 (SuSE 11.1 Security Update : Linux kernel (SAT Patch Numbers 3276 / 3280 / 3284)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165607 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update Linux Kernel (SUSE-SA:2010:041)).
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 (61522), Tenable (51612), SecurityFocus (BID 42900†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-26982†). See VDB-54842, VDB-54801, VDB-54793 and VDB-54791 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.2VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.2
VulDB Base Score: 6.2
VulDB Temp Score: 6.2
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Exploiting
Class: Resource managementCWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 51612
Nessus Name: SuSE 11.1 Security Update : Linux kernel (SAT Patch Numbers 3276 / 3280 / 3284)
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OpenVAS ID: 68091
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2110-1 (linux-2.6)
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Patch: 628e300cccaa628d8fb92aa28cb7530a3d5f2257
Timeline
03/20/2006 🔍08/04/2010 🔍
08/31/2010 🔍
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09/05/2010 🔍
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03/19/2015 🔍
09/24/2021 🔍
Sources
Vendor: kernel.orgAdvisory: Bug 628770
Researcher: Tavis Ormandy
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-2954 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-2954
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-54608
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X-Force: 61522
SecurityFocus: 42900 - Linux Kernel 'irda_bind()' Null Pointer Dereference Vulnerability
Secunia: 41234
Vulnerability Center: 26982 - Linux Kernel Before 2.6.36-rc3-next-20100901 irda_bind Function Local DoS Vulnerability, Low
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Entry
Created: 03/19/2015 02:37 PMUpdated: 09/24/2021 09:45 AM
Changes: 03/19/2015 02:37 PM (66), 03/03/2017 09:52 AM (10), 09/24/2021 09:44 AM (7), 09/24/2021 09:45 AM (1)
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