Executive Summary
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Title | Linux kernel regression |
Informations | |||
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Name | USN-974-2 | First vendor Publication | 2010-08-26 |
Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2010-08-26 |
Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | N/A |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
Cvss vector : N/A | |||
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Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | |||
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Cvss Base Score | 7.2 | Attack Range | Local |
Cvss Impact Score | 10 | Attack Complexity | Low |
Cvss Expoit Score | 3.9 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes. Details follow: USN-974-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel. The fixes for CVE-2010-2240 caused failures for Xen hosts. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Gael Delalleu, Rafal Wojtczuk, and Brad Spengler discovered that the memory |
Original Source
Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-974-2 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
% | Id | Name |
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33 % | CWE-200 | Information Exposure |
33 % | CWE-190 | Integer Overflow or Wraparound (CWE/SANS Top 25) |
33 % | CWE-94 | Failure to Control Generation of Code ('Code Injection') |
OVAL Definitions
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13247 | |||
Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13247 | ||
Title: | ESX third party update for Service Console kernel | ||
Description: | The do_anonymous_page function in mm/memory.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27.52, 2.6.32.x before 2.6.32.19, 2.6.34.x before 2.6.34.4, and 2.6.35.x before 2.6.35.2 does not properly separate the stack and the heap, which allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code by writing to the bottom page of a shared memory segment, as demonstrated by a memory-exhaustion attack against the X.Org X server. | ||
Family: | unix | Class: | vulnerability |
Reference(s): | CVE-2010-2240 | Version: | 4 |
Platform(s): | VMWare ESX Server 3.5 | Product(s): | |
Definition Synopsis: | |||
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19910 | |||
Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19910 | ||
Title: | Third party component updates for VMware vCenter Server, vCenter Update Manager, ESXi and ESX | ||
Description: | The do_anonymous_page function in mm/memory.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27.52, 2.6.32.x before 2.6.32.19, 2.6.34.x before 2.6.34.4, and 2.6.35.x before 2.6.35.2 does not properly separate the stack and the heap, which allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code by writing to the bottom page of a shared memory segment, as demonstrated by a memory-exhaustion attack against the X.Org X server. | ||
Family: | unix | Class: | vulnerability |
Reference(s): | CVE-2010-2240 | Version: | 5 |
Platform(s): | VMWare ESX Server 4.1 VMWare ESX Server 4.0 VMWare ESX Server 3.5 | Product(s): | |
Definition Synopsis: | |||
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Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20479 | |||
Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20479 | ||
Title: | VMware ESXi and ESX Denial of Service and third party updates for Likewise components and ESX Service Console | ||
Description: | The do_anonymous_page function in mm/memory.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27.52, 2.6.32.x before 2.6.32.19, 2.6.34.x before 2.6.34.4, and 2.6.35.x before 2.6.35.2 does not properly separate the stack and the heap, which allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code by writing to the bottom page of a shared memory segment, as demonstrated by a memory-exhaustion attack against the X.Org X server. | ||
Family: | unix | Class: | vulnerability |
Reference(s): | CVE-2010-2240 | Version: | 4 |
Platform(s): | VMWare ESX Server 4.1 | Product(s): | |
Definition Synopsis: | |||
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Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22076 | |||
Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22076 | ||
Title: | RHSA-2010:0661: kernel security update (Important) | ||
Description: | The do_anonymous_page function in mm/memory.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27.52, 2.6.32.x before 2.6.32.19, 2.6.34.x before 2.6.34.4, and 2.6.35.x before 2.6.35.2 does not properly separate the stack and the heap, which allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code by writing to the bottom page of a shared memory segment, as demonstrated by a memory-exhaustion attack against the X.Org X server. | ||
Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
Reference(s): | RHSA-2010:0661-01 CESA-2010:0661 CVE-2010-2240 | Version: | 4 |
Platform(s): | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 CentOS Linux 5 | Product(s): | kernel |
Definition Synopsis: | |||
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Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27891 | |||
Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27891 | ||
Title: | DEPRECATED: ELSA-2010-0661 -- kernel security update (important) | ||
Description: | [2.6.18-194.11.3.0.1.el5] - [xen] check to see if hypervisor supports memory reservation change (Chuck Anderson) [orabug 7556514] - Add entropy support to igb (John Sobecki) [orabug 7607479] - [nfs] convert ENETUNREACH to ENOTCONN [orabug 7689332] - [NET] Add xen pv/bonding netconsole support (Tina Yang) [orabug 6993043] [bz 7258] - [mm] shrink_zone patch (John Sobecki,Chris Mason) [orabug 6086839] - fix aacraid not to reset during kexec (Joe Jin) [orabug 8516042] - [nfsd] fix failure of file creation from hpux client (Wen gang Wang) [orabug 7579314] - [qla] fix qla not to query hccr (Guru Anbalagane) [Orabug 8746702] - [net] bonding: fix xen+bonding+netconsole panic issue (Joe Jin) [orabug 9504524] - [rds] Patch rds to 1.4.2-14 (Andy Grover) [orabug 9471572, 9344105] RDS: Fix BUG_ONs to not fire when in a tasklet ipoib: Fix lockup of the tx queue RDS: Do not call set_page_dirty() with irqs off (Sherman Pun) RDS: Properly unmap when getting a remote access error (Tina Yang) RDS: Fix locking in rds_send_drop_to() - [mm] Enhance shrink_zone patch allow full swap utilization, and also be NUMA-aware (John Sobecki, Chris Mason, Herbert van den Bergh) [orabug 9245919] - [xen] PVHVM guest with PoD crashes under memory pressure (Chuck Anderson) [orabug 9107465] - [xen] PV guest with FC HBA hangs during shutdown (Chuck Anderson) [orabug 9764220] - Support 256GB+ memory for pv guest (Mukesh Rathor) [orabug 9450615] - fix overcommit memory to use percpu_counter for el5 (KOSAKI Motohiro, Guru Anbalagane) [orabug 6124033] - [ipmi] make configurable timeouts for kcs of ipmi [orabug 9752208] [2.6.18-194.11.3.el5] - [mm] accept an abutting stack segment (Jiri Pirko) [607857 607858] {CVE-2010-2240} [2.6.18-194.11.2.el5] - [mm] pass correct mm when growing stack (Jiri Pirko) [607857 607858] {CVE-2010-2240} - [mm] fix up some user-visible effects of stack guard page (Jiri Pirko) [607857 607858] {CVE-2010-2240} - [mm] fix page table unmap for stack guard page properly (Jiri Pirko) [607857 607858] {CVE-2010-2240} - [mm] fix missing unmap for stack guard page failure case (Jiri Pirko) [607857 607858] {CVE-2010-2240} - [mm] keep a guard page below a grow-down stack segment (Jiri Pirko) [607857 607858] {CVE-2010-2240} | ||
Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
Reference(s): | ELSA-2010-0661 CVE-2010-2240 | Version: | 4 |
Platform(s): | Oracle Linux 5 | Product(s): | kernel |
Definition Synopsis: | |||
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CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
ExploitDB Exploits
id | Description |
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2010-08-27 | Linux Kernel < 2.6.36-rc1 CAN BCM Privilege Escalation Exploit |
OpenVAS Exploits
Date | Description |
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2012-03-16 | Name : VMSA-2011-0003.2 Third party component updates for VMware vCenter Server, vCe... File : nvt/gb_VMSA-2011-0003.nasl |
2012-03-16 | Name : VMSA-2011-0009.3 VMware hosted product updates, ESX patches and VI Client upd... File : nvt/gb_VMSA-2011-0009.nasl |
2012-03-15 | Name : VMSA-2011-0007 VMware ESXi and ESX Denial of Service and third party updates ... File : nvt/gb_VMSA-2011-0007.nasl |
2011-01-11 | Name : SuSE Update for kernel SUSE-SA:2010:047 File : nvt/gb_suse_2010_047.nasl |
2011-01-04 | Name : Mandriva Update for kernel MDVSA-2010:257 (kernel) File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2010_257.nasl |
2010-10-19 | Name : Mandriva Update for kernel MDVSA-2010:198 (kernel) File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2010_198.nasl |
2010-10-10 | Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 2094-1 (linux-2.6) File : nvt/deb_2094_1.nasl |
2010-10-01 | Name : SuSE Update for kernel SUSE-SA:2010:046 File : nvt/gb_suse_2010_046.nasl |
2010-10-01 | Name : SuSE Update for kernel SUSE-SA:2010:043 File : nvt/gb_suse_2010_043.nasl |
2010-09-27 | Name : Mandriva Update for kernel MDVSA-2010:172 (kernel) File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2010_172.nasl |
2010-09-27 | Name : Mandriva Update for kernel MDVSA-2010:188 (kernel) File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2010_188.nasl |
2010-09-10 | Name : CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2010:0676 centos4 i386 File : nvt/gb_CESA-2010_0676_kernel_centos4_i386.nasl |
2010-09-10 | Name : RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2010:0676-01 File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2010_0676-01_kernel.nasl |
2010-09-07 | Name : RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2010:0661-01 File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2010_0661-01_kernel.nasl |
2010-09-07 | Name : Fedora Update for kernel FEDORA-2010-13903 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2010_13903_kernel_fc12.nasl |
2010-08-30 | Name : Ubuntu Update for linux regression USN-974-2 File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_974_2.nasl |
2010-08-30 | Name : Fedora Update for kernel FEDORA-2010-13110 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2010_13110_kernel_fc12.nasl |
2010-08-30 | Name : Fedora Update for kernel FEDORA-2010-13058 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2010_13058_kernel_fc13.nasl |
2010-08-20 | Name : Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-974-1 File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_974_1.nasl |
0000-00-00 | Name : Slackware Advisory SSA:2010-240-06 xorg-server File : nvt/esoft_slk_ssa_2010_240_06.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
Id | Description |
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67335 | Linux Kernel Controller Area Network net/can/bcm.c Broadcast Manager Implemen... |
67334 | Linux Kernel drivers/gpu/drm/drm_drv.c drm_ioctl() Function Crafted IOCTL Ker... |
67237 | Linux Kernel mm/memory.c do_anonymous_page Function Shared Memory Segment Bot... |
Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVM)
Date | Description |
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2011-06-09 | IAVM : 2011-A-0075 - Multiple Vulnerabilities in VMware Products Severity : Category I - VMSKEY : V0028311 |
2011-05-12 | IAVM : 2011-A-0066 - Multiple Vulnerabilities in VMware Products Severity : Category I - VMSKEY : V0027158 |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
Date | Description |
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2016-03-04 | Name : The remote VMware ESX / ESXi host is missing a security-related patch. File : vmware_VMSA-2011-0009_remote.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2016-03-04 | Name : The remote VMware ESX / ESXi host is missing a security-related patch. File : vmware_VMSA-2011-0007_remote.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2016-03-04 | Name : The remote VMware ESX / ESXi host is missing a security-related patch. File : vmware_VMSA-2011-0003_remote.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2014-11-26 | Name : The remote OracleVM host is missing one or more security updates. File : oraclevm_OVMSA-2013-0039.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2014-06-13 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_11_3_xorg-x11-Xvnc-100819.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2014-06-13 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_11_3_kernel-100915.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2013-07-12 | Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2010-0676.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2013-07-12 | Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2010-0661.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2013-06-29 | Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates. File : centos_RHSA-2010-0661.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2013-01-25 | Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing a security update. File : suse_11_xorg-x11-server-rdp-120410.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2013-01-25 | Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing a security update. File : suse_11_xorg-x11-server-dmx-120410.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2013-01-24 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2010-0660.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2013-01-24 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2010-0670.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2013-01-24 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2010-0677.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2012-08-01 | Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : sl_20100907_kernel_on_SL4_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2012-08-01 | Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : sl_20101110_kernel_on_SL6_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2012-05-17 | Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch. File : suse_kernel-7137.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2011-06-06 | Name : The remote VMware ESXi / ESX host is missing one or more security-related pat... File : vmware_VMSA-2011-0009.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2011-05-05 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_11_1_kernel-101020.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2011-04-29 | Name : The remote VMware ESXi / ESX host is missing a security-related patch. File : vmware_VMSA-2011-0007.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2011-02-14 | Name : The remote VMware ESXi / ESX host is missing one or more security-related pat... File : vmware_VMSA-2011-0003.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2011-01-21 | Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates. File : suse_11_xorg-x11-Xvnc-100819.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2011-01-21 | Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates. File : suse_11_kernel-100921.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2011-01-21 | Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates. File : suse_11_kernel-100903.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2010-12-17 | Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandriva_MDVSA-2010-257.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2010-12-02 | Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates. File : suse_11_kernel-100920.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2010-12-02 | Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates. File : suse_11_kernel-101020.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2010-11-18 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2010-0842.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2010-10-11 | Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch. File : suse_kernel-7133.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2010-10-11 | Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch. File : suse_xorg-x11-Xvnc-7126.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2010-10-08 | Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandriva_MDVSA-2010-198.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2010-10-06 | Name : The remote SuSE 9 host is missing a security-related patch. File : suse9_12638.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2010-09-24 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_11_1_kernel-100921.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2010-09-24 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_11_2_kernel-100921.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2010-09-24 | Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandriva_MDVSA-2010-188.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2010-09-12 | Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates. File : centos_RHSA-2010-0676.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2010-09-12 | Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandriva_MDVSA-2010-172.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2010-09-08 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2010-0676.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2010-09-03 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2010-13903.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2010-08-31 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2010-0661.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2010-08-29 | Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update. File : Slackware_SSA_2010-240-06.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2010-08-27 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-974-2.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2010-08-24 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2010-13110.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2010-08-24 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2010-13058.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2010-08-23 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-2094.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2010-08-20 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-974-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
Date | Informations |
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2014-02-17 12:07:00 |
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