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CVE-2010-3848

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Description

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.

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=a27e13d370415add3487949c60810e36069a23a6

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00007.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/30/1

http://secunia.com/advisories/43056

http://secunia.com/advisories/43291

http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36.2

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:257

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1023-1

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0213

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=644156

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2010-12-30

Updated: 2020-08-14

Type: CWE-787

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.9

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

Impact Score: 10

Exploitability Score: 3.4

Severity: MEDIUM

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