01 Record

CVE-2010-4160

Multiple integer overflows in the (1) pppol2tp_sendmsg function in net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c, and the (2) l2tp_ip_sendmsg function in net/l2tp/l2tp_ip.c, in the PPPoL2TP and IPoL2TP implementations in the

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

Multiple integer overflows in the (1) pppol2tp_sendmsg function in net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c, and the (2) l2tp_ip_sendmsg function in net/l2tp/l2tp_ip.c, in the PPPoL2TP and IPoL2TP implementations in the

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: 0.52% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 44.4% 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

2011-01-07 11:00Z15 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-07 03:34Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2010-11-04

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-190Integer Overflow or WraparoundBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

3329e6393e3cb1e792e54a2d596a7fe2f20efb39c0a67f2eaca3b87528c71181

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

linuxlinux_kernelNot specified—

opensuseopensuseNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linuxNot specified—

redhatenterprise_mrgNot specified—

suselinux_enterprise_desktopNot specified—

suselinux_enterprise_serverNot specified—

suselinux_enterprise_software_development_kitNot specified—

06 References

secunia.com43056http://secunia.com/advisories/43056third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SA:2011:004http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
secunia.com42801http://secunia.com/advisories/42801third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SA:2011:002http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00001.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
openwall.com[oss-security] 20101124 Re: CVE request: kernel: L2TP send buffer allocation size overflowshttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/6mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
secunia.com42932http://secunia.com/advisories/42932third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
www.redhat.comRHSA-2011:0007http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
www.vupen.comADV-2011-0124http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0124vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
www.spinics.net[netdev] 20101031 [SECURITY] L2TP send buffer allocation size overflowshttp://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145673.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36.2x_refsource_CONFIRM
openwall.com[oss-security] 20101124 Re: CVE request: kernel: L2TP send buffer allocation size overflowshttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/12mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651892x_refsource_CONFIRM
lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SA:2011:005http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00007.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
www.vupen.comADV-2011-0375http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
secunia.com42890http://secunia.com/advisories/42890third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
www.vupen.comADV-2011-0012http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0012vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8acfe468b0384e834a303f08ebc4953d72fb690ax_refsource_CONFIRM
www.securityfocus.com44762http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44762vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
openwall.com[oss-security] 20101124 Re: CVE request: kernel: L2TP send buffer allocation size overflowshttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/4mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SA:2011:008http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
openwall.com[oss-security] 20101110 CVE request: kernel: L2TP send buffer allocation size overflowshttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/10/5mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
xorl.wordpress.comhttp://xorl.wordpress.com/2010/11/11/cve-2010-4160-linux-kernel-l2tp-integer-overflows/x_refsource_MISC
openwall.com[oss-security] 20101124 Re: CVE request: kernel: L2TP send buffer allocation size overflowshttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/5mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=253eacc070b114c2ec1f81b067d2fed7305467b0x_refsource_CONFIRM
secunia.com43291http://secunia.com/advisories/43291third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
openwall.com[oss-security] 20101110 Re: CVE request: kernel: L2TP send buffer allocation size overflowshttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/10/16mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
www.vupen.comADV-2011-0213http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0213vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
www.spinics.net[netdev] 20101027 Re: [PATCH 1/4] tipc: Fix bugs in tipc_msg_calc_data_size()http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145248.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST