CVE-2010-4342
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.1 · CWE-476
7.1CVSS HIGH
Summary
The aun_incoming function in net/econet/af_econet.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc6, when Econet is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) by sending an Acorn Universal Networking (AUN) packet over UDP.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexity—
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)4%
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=129186011218615&w=2 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=129186011218615&w=2Patch
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/09/2Patch
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4e085e76cbe558b79b54cbab772f61185879bc64
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.htmlAdvisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43291Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc6
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=129185496013580&w=2Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/09/1Advisory