Multiple integer overflows in the (1) pppol2tp_sendmsg function in net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c, and the (2) l2tp_ip_sendmsg function in net/l2tp/l2tp_ip.c, in the PPPoL2TP and IPoL2TP implementations in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 allow local users to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and panic) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted sendto call.
References
Link Resource
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=253eacc070b114c2ec1f81b067d2fed7305467b0
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8acfe468b0384e834a303f08ebc4953d72fb690a
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00001.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00007.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/10/16 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/10/5 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/12 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/4 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/5 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/6 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42801 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42890 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42932 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/43056 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/43291 Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36.2 Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44762 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145248.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145673.html Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0012 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0124 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0213 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375 Third Party Advisory
http://xorl.wordpress.com/2010/11/11/cve-2010-4160-linux-kernel-l2tp-integer-overflows/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651892 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2011-01-07T11:00:00

Updated: 2011-01-15T10:00:00

Reserved: 2010-11-04T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2010-4160

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 2011-01-07T12:00:48.937

Modified: 2023-02-13T04:27:32.187


Link: CVE-2010-4160

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