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 neighbors, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.
Published: 2010-03-24
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: 5.0% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2010-0468 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 neighbors, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-947-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
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Linux Linux Kernel
Redhat Enterprise Linux Enterprise Mrg Rhel Eus
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T00:52:17.346Z

Reserved: 2010-01-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2010-0437

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Status : Modified

Published: 2010-03-24T13:34:34.280

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2010-0437

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Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2008-09-09T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2010-0437 - Bugzilla

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