Description
The pppol2tp_xmit function in drivers/net/pppol2tp.c in the L2TP implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34 does not properly validate certain values associated with an interface, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to a routing change.
Published: 2010-09-08
Score: 10.0 Critical
EPSS: 2.3% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2010-2499 The pppol2tp_xmit function in drivers/net/pppol2tp.c in the L2TP implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34 does not properly validate certain values associated with an interface, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to a routing change.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1000-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
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History

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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Linux Linux Kernel
Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop Suse Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension Suse Linux Enterprise Server
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T02:32:16.772Z

Reserved: 2010-06-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2010-2495

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2010-09-08T20:00:02.760

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

Link: CVE-2010-2495

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2010-03-16T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2010-2495 - Bugzilla

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