01 Record
CVE-2010-0437
The ip6_dst_lookup_tail function in net/ipv6/ip6_output.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27 does not properly handle certain circumstances involving an IPv6 TUN network interface and a large number of
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The ip6_dst_lookup_tail function in net/ipv6/ip6_output.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27 does not properly handle certain circumstances involving an IPv6 TUN network interface and a large number of
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 12.32% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 96.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2010-03-24 10:00Z16 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 00:52Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2010-01-27
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 997ca4ddc621c70380e51990f16dbf21c1cd033daef6105cb4a546da379c49e4
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2010:0147http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0147.html
- bugzilla.kernel.orghttp://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11469
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10061https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10061
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20100211 CVE request - kernel: ip6_dst_lookup_tail() NULL pointer dereferencehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/11/1
- secunia.com43315http://secunia.com/advisories/43315
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=563781
- www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27
- secunia.com39033http://secunia.com/advisories/39033
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20100304 Re: CVE request - kernel: ip6_dst_lookup_tail() NULL pointer dereferencehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/03/04/4
- www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e550dfb0c2c31b6363aa463a035fc9f8dcaa3c9b
- www.securityfocus.com20110211 VMSA-2011-0003 Third party component updates for VMware vCenter Server, vCenter Update Manager, ESXi and ESXhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2010:0161http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0161.html