CVE-2010-4160

Key facts

CVSS score

6.9 (v2.0)

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness (CWE)

CWE-190

EPSS score

0.5% (43th percentile)

In CISA KEV

No

In EU EUVD

Yes (EUVD-2010-4136)

Published

January 7, 2011

NVD last modified

June 16, 2026

Status

Modified

Affected products

• linux / linux kernel
• opensuse / opensuse
• suse / linux enterprise desktop
• suse / linux enterprise desktop
• suse / linux enterprise server
• suse / linux enterprise server
• suse / linux enterprise server
• suse / linux enterprise software development kit

Certified products that may be affected

2 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Version 9 with Service Pack 2, ProPack 4 for Service Pack 2 and certification-sles-sgi-eal3 package - SUSE Linux Products Gmbh - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0292-2005 - archived
• SuSE Linux Enterprise Server Version 9 with certification-sles-ibm-eal4 package - SUSE Linux Products Gmbh - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0256-2005 - archived

References

• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=253eacc070b114c2ec1f81b067d2fed7305467b0
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8acfe468b0384e834a303f08ebc4953d72fb690a
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00001.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00007.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/10/16(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/10/5(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/12(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/4(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/5(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/6(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42801(Third Party Advisory)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42890(Third Party Advisory)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42932(Third Party Advisory)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43056(Third Party Advisory)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43291(Third Party Advisory)
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36.2(Broken Link)
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html(Third Party Advisory)
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44762(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
• http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145248.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
• http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145673.html(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0012(Third Party Advisory)
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0124(Third Party Advisory)
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0213(Third Party Advisory)
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375(Third Party Advisory)
• http://xorl.wordpress.com/2010/11/11/cve-2010-4160-linux-kernel-l2tp-integer-overflows/(Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651892(Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)