CVE-2010-1086

Published Apr 6, 2010

Last updated a year ago

Overview

Description
The ULE decapsulation functionality in drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_net.c in dvb-core in Linux kernel 2.6.33 and earlier allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted MPEG2-TS frame, related to an invalid Payload Pointer ULE.
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Modified

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Hype score
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Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
7.8
Impact score
6.9
Exploitability score
10
Vector string
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-399

Vendor comments

  • Red HatRed Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/CVE-2010-1086 This issue did not affect the version of the Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 as it did not include support for ULE (Unidirectional Lightweight Encapsulation). A future update in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG may address this flaw.

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