CVE-2010-5328

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2010-05-27
CWE:
CWE-456
Bugzilla:
1358840: CVE-2010-5328 kernel: Processes having the same group as `init` can crash kernel
A process that is in the same process group as the ''init'' process (group id zero) can crash the Linux kernel with several system calls by passing in a process ID or process group ID of zero; a special value that indicates the current process ID or process group.

Find out more about CVE-2010-5328 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

This flaw affects Red Hat Enteprise Linux 5 and 6 and is not able to be exploited in the default configuration. Administrators would need to replace the init daemon with alternative systems to exploit this system crash correctly.

No update is planned to be released for this flaw.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 4.7
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Complete

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 4.7
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact High

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 realtime-kernel Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 kernel-rt Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 kernel Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 kernel Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kernel Will not fix

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