Linux Kernel 2.6.16.9 resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel 2.6.16.9. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown function. This manipulation causes resource management. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-3873. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Linux Kernel 2.6.16.9 (Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block. 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. The summary by CVE is:

The X.25 implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 does not properly parse facilities, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact via malformed (1) X25_FAC_CALLING_AE or (2) X25_FAC_CALLED_AE data, related to net/x25/x25_facilities.c and net/x25/x25_in.c, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-4164.

The issue has been introduced in 03/20/2006. The weakness was released 01/03/2011 by Dan Rosenberg as Bug 649693 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2010-3873. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

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 56643 (USN-1244-1 : linux-ti-omap4 vulnerabilities), 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 165551 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update Linux Kernel (SUSE-SA:2011:008)).

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 (62999), Tenable (56643), SecurityFocus (BID 44642†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-28408†). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-56003. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 56643
Nessus Name: USN-1244-1 : linux-ti-omap4 vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 68662
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2126-1 (linux-2.6)
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Patch: a6331d6f9a4298173b413cf99a40cc86a9d92c37

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03/20/2006 🔍
10/08/2010 +1662 days 🔍
11/02/2010 +25 days 🔍
11/04/2010 +2 days 🔍
11/30/2010 +26 days 🔍
01/03/2011 +34 days 🔍
01/03/2011 +0 days 🔍
10/26/2011 +296 days 🔍
03/19/2015 +1240 days 🔍
10/07/2021 +2394 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: kernel.org

Advisory: Bug 649693
Researcher: Dan Rosenberg
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-3873 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-3873
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-55921

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X-Force: 62999
SecurityFocus: 44642 - Linux Kernel 'x25_parse_facilities()' Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 43291
Vulnerability Center: 28408 - Linux Kernel 2.6 through 2.6.37 Remote DoS Vulnerability via Crafted X.25 Traffic, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 23:27
Updated: 10/07/2021 21:08
Changes: 03/19/2015 23:27 (65), 03/10/2017 10:23 (10), 10/07/2021 21:00 (7), 10/07/2021 21:08 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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