NVD

CVE-2010-2960 Detail

Description

The keyctl_session_to_parent function in security/keys/keyctl.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.35.4 and earlier expects that a certain parent session keyring exists, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a KEYCTL_SESSION_TO_PARENT argument to the keyctl function.

Severity

CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:

NIST: NVD

Base Score: 7.8 HIGH

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

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Hyperlink	Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00003.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024384	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://twitter.com/taviso/statuses/22777866582	Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/02/1	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42932	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627440	Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/61557	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-476	NULL Pointer Dereference	NIST

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Change History

3 change records found show changes

Modified Analysis by NIST 8/11/2020 10:27:30 AM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06::::::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04::::::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.04::::::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10::::::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04::::-:::* cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.10:::::::
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp1::::::* cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server:11:sp1::::::*
Changed	CPE Configuration	Record truncated, showing 500 of 25176 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) 2.6.35.4
Added	CVSS V3.1		NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Added	CWE		NIST CWE-476
Removed	CWE	NIST NVD-CWE-Other
Changed	Reference Type	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00003.html No Types Assigned	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00003.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html No Types Assigned	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/41263 Vendor Advisory	http://secunia.com/advisories/41263 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://securitytracker.com/id?1024384 No Types Assigned	http://securitytracker.com/id?1024384 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://twitter.com/taviso/statuses/22777866582 No Types Assigned	http://twitter.com/taviso/statuses/22777866582 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/02/1 No Types Assigned	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/02/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42932 No Types Assigned	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42932 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1 No Types Assigned	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298 No Types Assigned	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627440 No Types Assigned	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627440 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/61557 No Types Assigned	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/61557 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2010-2960
NVD Published Date:
09/08/2010
NVD Last Modified:
08/11/2020
Source:
Canonical Ltd.

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