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CVE-2010-2495

HIGHEPSS 85th pctl
10.0
CVSS v2
NVD

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.

How to fix

Remediation Available
linux kernelNVD
Affected:< 2.6.34Fixed in:2.6.34CVE-2010-2495derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

2.93%probability of exploitation in 30 days
85thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 85% of all known CVEs.

References

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