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.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2010-2499 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1000-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1074-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1074-2 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1083-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T02:32:16.772Z

Reserved: 2010-06-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2010-2495

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2010-09-08T20:00:02.760

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2010-2495

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2010-03-16T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2010-2495 - Bugzilla

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