CVE-2010-3848
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 6.9 · Out-of-bounds write
6.9CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
Stack-based buffer overflow in the econet_sendmsg function in net/econet/af_econet.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2, when an econet address is configured, allows local users to gain privileges by providing a large number of iovec structures.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexity—
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)1%
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/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.
Official patch: http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/30/1 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/30/1Patch
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a27e13d370415add3487949c60810e36069a23a6
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00007.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.htmlAdvisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43056Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43291Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126Advisory