CVE-2010-4164

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Multiple integer underflows in the x25_parse_facilities function in net/x25/x25_facilities.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via malformed X.25 (1) X25_FAC_CLASS_A, (2) X25_FAC_CLASS_B, (3) X25_FAC_CLASS_C, or (4) X25_FAC_CLASS_D facility data, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-3873.

Find out more about CVE-2010-4164 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

This issue did not affect the versions of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 4, 5, 6 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG as they did not include
support for CCITT X.25 Packet Layer.

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank Dan Rosenberg for reporting this issue.

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