CVE-2010-2492

HIGH

Description

Buffer overflow in the ecryptfs_uid_hash macro in fs/ecryptfs/messaging.c in the eCryptfs subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35 might allow local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (system crash) via unspecified vectors.

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=a6f80fb7b5986fda663d94079d3bba0937a6b6ff

http://secunia.com/advisories/42890

http://secunia.com/advisories/46397

http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100113326

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:172

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:198

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0723.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=611385

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2010-09-08

Updated: 2020-08-13

Type: CWE-120

Risk Information

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Impact Score: 10

Exploitability Score: 3.9

Severity: HIGH

CVSS v3.0

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Impact Score: 5.9

Exploitability Score: 1.8

Severity: HIGH