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Vulnerability Details : CVE-2010-5328

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.
Publish Date : 2017-02-06 Last Update Date : 2017-03-29
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- CVSS Scores & Vulnerability Types

CVSS Score
4.9
Confidentiality Impact None (There is no impact to the confidentiality of the system.)
Integrity Impact None (There is no impact to the integrity of the system)
Availability Impact Complete (There is a total shutdown of the affected resource. The attacker can render the resource completely unavailable.)
Access Complexity Low (Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. Very little knowledge or skill is required to exploit. )
Authentication Not required (Authentication is not required to exploit the vulnerability.)
Gained Access None
Vulnerability Type(s) Denial Of Service
CWE ID 20

- Products Affected By CVE-2010-5328

# Product Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language
1 OS Linux Linux Kernel * * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities

- Number Of Affected Versions By Product

Vendor Product Vulnerable Versions
Linux Linux Kernel 1

- References For CVE-2010-5328

http://ftp.naist.jp/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35 CONFIRM
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f106eee10038c2ee5b6056aaf3f6d5229be6dcdd CONFIRM
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=fa2755e20ab0c7215d99c2dc7c262e98a09b01df CONFIRM
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/2
MLIST [oss-security] 20170120 Re: CVE REQUEST: linux kernel: process with pgid zero able to crash
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fa2755e20ab0c7215d99c2dc7c262e98a09b01df CONFIRM
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f20011457f41c11edb5ea5038ad0c8ea9f392023 CONFIRM
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f106eee10038c2ee5b6056aaf3f6d5229be6dcdd CONFIRM
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1358840 CONFIRM
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f20011457f41c11edb5ea5038ad0c8ea9f392023 CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97103
BID 97103 Linux Kernel CVE-2010-5328 Local Denial of Service Vulnerability Release Date:2017-03-28

- Metasploit Modules Related To CVE-2010-5328

There are not any metasploit modules related to this CVE entry (Please visit www.metasploit.com for more information)
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