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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Linux Kernel 2.6.16.9 (Operating System). Affected by this vulnerability is the function x25_parse_facilities
. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a numeric error vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-189. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:
Multiple integer underflows in the x25_parse_facilities function in net/x25/x25_facilities.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via malformed X.25 (1) X25_FAC_CLASS_A, (2) X25_FAC_CLASS_B, (3) X25_FAC_CLASS_C, or (4) X25_FAC_CLASS_D facility data, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-3873.
The issue has been introduced in 03/20/2006. The weakness was disclosed 01/03/2011 by Dan Rosenberg as Bug 652517 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2010-4164. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/07/2021).
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1750 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 55069 (Ubuntu 6.06 LTS : linux-source-2.6.15 vulnerabilities (USN-1111-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Ubuntu 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 vulnerability database at Tenable (55069). The entries 55570, 55526, 55525 and 56001 are pretty similar.
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CPE 2.3
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Exploiting
Class: Numeric errorCWE: CWE-189
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 55069
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS : linux-source-2.6.15 vulnerabilities (USN-1111-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 68662
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2126-1 (linux-2.6)
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Patch: 5ef41308f94dcbb3b7afc56cdef1c2ba53fa5d2f
Timeline
03/20/2006 🔍11/04/2010 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: kernel.orgAdvisory: Bug 652517
Researcher: Dan Rosenberg
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-4164 (🔍)
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Vulnerability Center: 28393 - Linux Kernel prior to 2.6.37-rc2 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 45055 - Linux Kernel 'x25_parse_facilities()' CVE-2010-4164 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 42778
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Entry
Created: 03/19/2015 23:27Updated: 10/07/2021 23:32
Changes: 03/19/2015 23:27 (65), 03/10/2017 10:21 (10), 10/07/2021 23:22 (7), 10/07/2021 23:32 (1)
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