Vulnerability Details : CVE-2010-0006

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-0006

CVSS scores for CVE-2010-0006

CWE ids for CVE-2010-0006

• CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
  A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.
  Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Vendor statements for CVE-2010-0006

• Red Hat 2010-01-28
  Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of the Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, 5 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG as they did not have support for network namespaces, and did not include upstream commit 483a47d2 that introduced the problem.

References for CVE-2010-0006

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=555217
  555217 – (CVE-2010-0006) CVE-2010-0006 kernel: ipv6: skb_dst() can be NULL in ipv6_hop_jumbo()

  Third Party Advisory
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2570a4f5428bcdb1077622342181755741e7fa60
• http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-0006
  CVE-2010-0006

  Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37810
  Linux Kernel 'ipv6_hop_jumbo()' Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

  Mailing List;Third Party Advisory;VDB Entry
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.32.4
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  Vendor Advisory

  CVEs referencing this url
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/14/2
  oss-security - CVE-2010-0006 - kernel: ipv6: skb_dst() can be NULL in ipv6_hop_jumbo()

  Third Party Advisory
• http://cert.fi/en/reports/2010/vulnerability341748.html
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  Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-January/034250.html
  [SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: kernel-2.6.30.10-105.2.4.fc11

  Mailing List;Third Party Advisory

  CVEs referencing this url
• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=300951
  300951 – (CVE-2010-0006) Kernel: ipv6: skb_dst() can be NULL (CVE-2010-0006)

  Third Party Advisory
• http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=126343325807340&w=2
  '[PATCH]: ipv6: skb_dst() can be NULL in ipv6_hop_jumbo().' - MARC

  Mailing List;Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00002.html
  [security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: Linux kernel (SUSE-SA:20

  Mailing List;Third Party Advisory

  CVEs referencing this url

Products affected by CVE-2010-0006

• Linux » Linux Kernel

  Versions before (<) 2.6.32.4
  cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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