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CVE-2010-1437 Detail

Modified

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Description

Race condition in the find_keyring_by_name function in security/keys/keyring.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.34-rc5 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via keyctl session commands that trigger access to a dead keyring that is undergoing deletion by the key_cleanup function.

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

N/A

NVD assessment not yet provided.

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

Base Score: 7.0 HIGH

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology

NIST: NVD

Base Score: 4.4 MEDIUM

Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink	Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-07/msg00006.html	Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-07/msg00006.html	Mailing List
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=127192182917857&w=2	Exploit Mailing List
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=127192182917857&w=2	Exploit Mailing List
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=127274294622730&w=2	Exploit Mailing List
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=127274294622730&w=2	Exploit Mailing List
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=127292492727029&w=2	Mailing List
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=127292492727029&w=2	Mailing List
http://secunia.com/advisories/39830	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/39830	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/40218	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/40218	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/40645	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/40645	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/43315	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/43315	Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2053	Mailing List
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2053	Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/27/2	Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/27/2	Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/28/2	Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/28/2	Mailing List
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0474.html	Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0474.html	Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded	Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded	Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39719	Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39719	Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1857	Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1857	Broken Link
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=585094	Exploit Issue Tracking Patch
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=585094	Exploit Issue Tracking Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/58254	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/58254	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9715	Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9715	Broken Link
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/94038/	Broken Link
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/94038/	Broken Link
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/94664/	Broken Link Patch
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/94664/	Broken Link Patch

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-416	Use After Free	NIST
CWE-362	Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')	NIST

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Change History

9 change records found show changes

CVE Modified by CVE 11/20/2024 8:14:24 PM

Action	Type	New Value
Added	Reference	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-07/msg00006.html
Added	Reference	http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=127192182917857&w=2
Added	Reference	http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=127274294622730&w=2
Added	Reference	http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=127292492727029&w=2
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/39830
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/40218
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/40645
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/43315
Added	Reference	http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2053
Added	Reference	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/27/2
Added	Reference	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/28/2
Added	Reference	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0474.html
Added	Reference	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded
Added	Reference	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39719
Added	Reference	http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html
Added	Reference	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1857
Added	Reference	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=585094
Added	Reference	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/58254
Added	Reference	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9715
Added	Reference	https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/94038/
Added	Reference	https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/94664/

Modified Analysis by NIST 2/02/2024 11:38:32 AM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	CVSS V3.1		NIST AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Added	CVSS V2		NIST (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Removed	CVSS V2	NIST (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Added	CWE		NIST CWE-416
Changed	CPE Configuration	Record truncated, showing 500 of 23720 characters. View Entire Change Record OR cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.1::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.2::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.3::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.4::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.5::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.6::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.7::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.8:::::::	OR cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::* versions up to (excluding) 2.6.34 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.34:rc1::::::* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.34:rc2::::::* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.34:rc3::::::* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.34:rc4::::::* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.34:rc5::::::*
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:::::::
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.1::::::: cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:-::::::* cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_high_availability_extension:11:-::::::* cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:-::::::*
Changed	Reference Type	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-07/msg00006.html No Types Assigned	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-07/msg00006.html Mailing List
Changed	Reference Type	http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=127192182917857&w=2 No Types Assigned	http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=127192182917857&w=2 Exploit, Mailing List
Changed	Reference Type	http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=127274294622730&w=2 No Types Assigned	http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=127274294622730&w=2 Exploit, Mailing List
Changed	Reference Type	http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=127292492727029&w=2 No Types Assigned	http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=127292492727029&w=2 Mailing List
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/39830 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/39830 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/40218 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/40218 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/40645 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/40645 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/43315 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/43315 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2053 No Types Assigned	http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2053 Mailing List
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/27/2 No Types Assigned	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/27/2 Mailing List
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/28/2 No Types Assigned	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/28/2 Mailing List
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0474.html No Types Assigned	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0474.html Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39719 No Types Assigned	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39719 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html No Types Assigned	http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1857 No Types Assigned	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1857 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=585094 No Types Assigned	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=585094 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch
Changed	Reference Type	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/58254 No Types Assigned	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/58254 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9715 No Types Assigned	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9715 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/94038/ No Types Assigned	https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/94038/ Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/94664/ Patch	https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/94664/ Broken Link, Patch

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 2/12/2023 11:17:32 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Changed	Description	CVE-2010-1437 kernel: keyrings: find_keyring_by_name() can gain the freed keyring	Race condition in the find_keyring_by_name function in security/keys/keyring.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.34-rc5 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via keyctl session commands that trigger access to a dead keyring that is undergoing deletion by the key_cleanup function.
Removed	CVSS V2	Red Hat, Inc. (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Removed	Reference	https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0474 [No Types Assigned]
Removed	Reference	https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0504 [No Types Assigned]
Removed	Reference	https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0631 [No Types Assigned]
Removed	Reference	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-1437 [No Types Assigned]

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 2/02/2023 12:17:23 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Changed	Description	Race condition in the find_keyring_by_name function in security/keys/keyring.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.34-rc5 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via keyctl session commands that trigger access to a dead keyring that is undergoing deletion by the key_cleanup function.	CVE-2010-1437 kernel: keyrings: find_keyring_by_name() can gain the freed keyring
Added	CVSS V2		Red Hat, Inc. (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Added	Reference		https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0474 [No Types Assigned]
Added	Reference		https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0504 [No Types Assigned]
Added	Reference		https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0631 [No Types Assigned]
Added	Reference		https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-1437 [No Types Assigned]

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2010-1437
NVD Published Date:
05/07/2010
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Change History

CVE Modified by CVE 11/20/2024 8:14:24 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 5/13/2024 10:17:26 PM

Modified Analysis by NIST 2/02/2024 11:38:32 AM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 2/12/2023 11:17:32 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 2/02/2023 12:17:23 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 10/10/2018 3:57:12 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 9/18/2017 9:30:44 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 8/16/2017 9:32:22 PM

Initial CVE Analysis 5/10/2010 1:03:00 PM

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