CVE-2010-2495 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2010-2495?

CVE-2010-2495 is a critical vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 8 Sep 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-2495?

It affects 5 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Linux kernel, Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop, Suse Suse Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension, Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Server.

How do I fix CVE-2010-2495?

No fix has been published for CVE-2010-2495 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2010-2495 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-2495 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-j4g5-7mr3-h3w3.