CVE-2010-2960

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 High 7.8
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2010-2960
  • Assigner
  • security@ubuntu.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2010-09-08T20:00:04
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-08-11T14:27:30
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-476 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.6.35.4
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server:11:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.2
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024384 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42932 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/02/1 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://twitter.com/taviso/statuses/22777866582 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627440 Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/41263 Broken Link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00003.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1 Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298 Broken Link
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/61557 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2960
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-2960
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:23:48 Added to TrackCVE