CVE-2010-3849
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 4.7 · CWE-476
4.7CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
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 cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) via a sendmsg call that specifies a NULL value for the remote address field.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexity—
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)1%
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/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.
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://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-12/0086.html
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fa0e846494792e722d817b9d3d625a4ef4896c96
- 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