Linux Kernel 2.6.16.9 resource management

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A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel 2.6.16.9 (Operating System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. 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:

Use-after-free vulnerability in mm/mprotect.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc2 allows local users to cause a denial of service via vectors involving an mprotect system call.

The issue has been introduced in 03/20/2006. The weakness was released 11/22/2010 as Bug 651671 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is available at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-4169 since 11/04/2010. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1708 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 51374 (Fedora 13 : kernel-2.6.34.7-66.fc13 (2010-18983)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165548 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update Linux Kernel (SUSE-SA:2011:004)).

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 (63316) and Tenable (51374).

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.2
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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 51374
Nessus Name: Fedora 13 : kernel-2.6.34.7-66.fc13 (2010-18983)
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OpenVAS ID: 862749
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for kernel FEDORA-2010-18983
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Patch: 63bfd7384b119409685a17d5c58f0b56e5dc03da

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03/20/2006 🔍
11/04/2010 +1690 days 🔍
11/09/2010 +5 days 🔍
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11/22/2010 +13 days 🔍
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12/24/2010 +32 days 🔍
01/03/2011 +10 days 🔍
03/19/2015 +1536 days 🔍
10/05/2021 +2392 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: kernel.org

Advisory: Bug 651671
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-4169 (🔍)
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X-Force: 63316
Vulnerability Center: 28930 - Linux Kernel Prior to 2.6.37-rc2 Local DoS Vulnerability via an Mprotect System Call, Low
SecurityFocus: 44861 - Linux Kernel 'perf_event_mmap()' Local Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 42745 - Fedora update for kernel, Moderately Critical
Vupen: ADV-2010-3321

Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 14:37
Updated: 10/05/2021 16:08
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (63), 03/12/2017 17:25 (16), 10/05/2021 16:02 (4), 10/05/2021 16:08 (1)
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