CVE-2010-5328

CVSS V2 Medium 4.9 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5
Description
include/linux/init_task.h in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35 does not prevent signals with a process group ID of zero from reaching the swapper process, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by leveraging access to this process group.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2010-5328
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2017-02-06T06:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-03-29T01:59:00
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.6.34.7
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 4.9
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 6.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 5.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fa2755e20ab0c7215d99c2dc7c262e98a09b01df Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f20011457f41c11edb5ea5038ad0c8ea9f392023 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f106eee10038c2ee5b6056aaf3f6d5229be6dcdd Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1358840 Issue Tracking Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/2 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=fa2755e20ab0c7215d99c2dc7c262e98a09b01df Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f20011457f41c11edb5ea5038ad0c8ea9f392023 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f106eee10038c2ee5b6056aaf3f6d5229be6dcdd Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://ftp.naist.jp/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97103
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-5328
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-5328
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:46:24 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 13:39:11 2017-02-06T06:59Z 2017-02-06T06:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 13:39:11 2017-03-29T01:59:00 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 13:39:11 Modified Vulnerability Status updated