CVE-2010-3437
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 6.6 · CWE-476
6.6CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
Integer signedness error in the pkt_find_dev_from_minor function in drivers/block/pktcdvd.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc6 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted index value in a PKT_CTRL_CMD_STATUS ioctl call.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impactNone
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)2%
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:C
Affected products we track (2)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=252a52aa4fa22a668f019e55b3aac3ff71ec1c29
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00004.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00000.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00001.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.htmlAdvisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42778Advisory
- http://jon.oberheide.org/files/cve-2010-3437.cAdvisory