The do_tcp_setsockopt function in net/ipv4/tcp.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc2 does not properly restrict TCP_MAXSEG (aka MSS) values, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via a setsockopt call that specifies a small value, leading to a divide-by-zero error or incorrect use of a signed integer.
References
Link Resource
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7a1abd08d52fdeddb3e9a5a33f2f15cc6a5674d2
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00000.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
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/2011-02/msg00000.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42778 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42801 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42932 Third Party Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8111 Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8123 Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc2 Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:051 Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/12/1 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/12/4 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/69241 Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44830 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg146405.html Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg146495.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/2011/0298 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=652508 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2010-11-20T21:00:00

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

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


Link: CVE-2010-4165

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 2010-11-22T13:00:19.300

Modified: 2023-02-13T04:27:36.907


Link: CVE-2010-4165

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cve-icon Redhat Information

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CWE