{
  "threat_severity" : "Important",
  "public_date" : "2009-12-07T00:00:00Z",
  "bugzilla" : {
    "description" : "kernel: untangle the do_mremap()",
    "id" : "556703",
    "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=556703"
  },
  "cvss" : {
    "cvss_base_score" : "7.2",
    "cvss_scoring_vector" : "AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C",
    "status" : "verified"
  },
  "details" : [ "The Linux kernel before 2.6.32.4 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (panic) by calling the (1) mmap or (2) mremap function, aka the \"do_mremap() mess\" or \"mremap/mmap mess.\"" ],
  "statement" : "The risks associated with fixing this bug are greater than the important severity security risk. We therefore currently have no plans to fix this flaw in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4. This issue was addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG via https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0504.html and https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0161.html.",
  "affected_release" : [ {
    "product_name" : "MRG for RHEL-5",
    "release_date" : "2010-03-23T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2010:0161",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_mrg:1::el5",
    "package" : "kernel-rt-0:2.6.24.7-149.el5rt"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5",
    "release_date" : "2010-07-01T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2010:0504",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5",
    "package" : "kernel-0:2.6.18-194.8.1.el5"
  } ],
  "references" : [ "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-0291\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0291" ],
  "name" : "CVE-2010-0291",
  "csaw" : false
}