Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2010-5328 (CCN-133658)

Assigned:2010-05-27
Published:2010-05-27
Updated:2017-03-29
Summary:include/linux/init_task.h in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35 does not prevent signals with a process group ID of zero from reaching the swapper process, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by leveraging access to this process group.
CVSS v3 Severity:5.5 Medium (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
4.8 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): High
6.2 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
5.4 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:4.9 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Complete
4.9 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Type:CWE-20
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2010-5328

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
http://ftp.naist.jp/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f106eee10038c2ee5b6056aaf3f6d5229be6dcdd

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f20011457f41c11edb5ea5038ad0c8ea9f392023

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=fa2755e20ab0c7215d99c2dc7c262e98a09b01df

Source: MLIST
Type: Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[oss-security] 20170120 Re: CVE REQUEST: linux kernel: process with pgid zero able to crash

Source: BID
Type: UNKNOWN
97103

Source: CCN
Type: BID-97103
Linux Kernel CVE-2010-5328 Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Issue Tracking, Patch
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1358840

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
linux-kernel-cve20105328-dos(133658)

Source: CCN
Type: Linux Kernel GIT Repository
pids: fix fork_idle() to setup ->pids correctly

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f106eee10038c2ee5b6056aaf3f6d5229be6dcdd

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f20011457f41c11edb5ea5038ad0c8ea9f392023

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fa2755e20ab0c7215d99c2dc7c262e98a09b01df

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version <= 2.6.34.7)

  • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.34:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:20105328000
    V
    CVE-2010-5328 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - medium.
    2017-02-06
    oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20105328000
    V
    CVE-2010-5328 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.
    2017-02-06
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20105328000
    V
    CVE-2010-5328 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2017-02-06
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201053280000000
    V
    CVE-2010-5328 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2017-02-06
    BACK
    linux linux kernel *
    linux linux kernel 2.6.34