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CVE-2010-4256

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Date: January 25, 2011

The pipe_fcntl function in fs/pipe.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37 does not properly determine whether a file is a named pipe, which allows local users to cause a denial of service via an F_SETPIPE_SZ fcntl call.

Language: C

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Related Resources (7)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4256
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2010-4256
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/30/6
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/30/9
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c66fb347946ebdd5b10908866ecc9fa05ee2cf3d
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2010-4256

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Input Validation

CWE-20

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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