Vulnerability Report

CVE-2010-4160

Title: Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit Auth Bypass

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2010-4160.

CWE Category CWE-190
Published Date Jan 07, 2011
Modified Date Apr 29, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 6.9 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.11%

Vulnerability Summary

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 Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 allow local users to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and panic) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted sendto call.

Impacted Vendors

O
opensuse 1
U
ubuntu 1
S
suse 4
L
linux 1

Reference Links

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=253eacc070b114c2ec1f81b067d2fed7305467b0 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8acfe468b0384e834a303f08ebc4953d72fb690a http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00001.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00007.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/10/16 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/10/5 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/12 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/4 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/5 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/6 http://secunia.com/advisories/42801 http://secunia.com/advisories/42890 http://secunia.com/advisories/42932 http://secunia.com/advisories/43056 http://secunia.com/advisories/43291 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36.2 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44762 http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145248.html http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145673.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0012 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0124 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0213 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375 http://xorl.wordpress.com/2010/11/11/cve-2010-4160-linux-kernel-l2tp-integer-overflows/ https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651892 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=253eacc070b114c2ec1f81b067d2fed7305467b0 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8acfe468b0384e834a303f08ebc4953d72fb690a http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00001.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00007.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/10/16 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/10/5 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/12 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/4 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/5 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/6 http://secunia.com/advisories/42801 http://secunia.com/advisories/42890 http://secunia.com/advisories/42932 http://secunia.com/advisories/43056 http://secunia.com/advisories/43291 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36.2 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44762 http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145248.html http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145673.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0012 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0124 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0213 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375 http://xorl.wordpress.com/2010/11/11/cve-2010-4160-linux-kernel-l2tp-integer-overflows/ https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651892
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
6.9
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2010-4160 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.