CVE-2010-3850

high

Description

The ec_dev_ioctl function in net/econet/af_econet.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 does not require the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions and configure econet addresses via an SIOCSIFADDR ioctl call.

References

Advisories
More

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

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

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

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

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

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:051

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

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

http://secunia.com/advisories/43291

http://secunia.com/advisories/43056

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

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

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

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

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=16c41745c7b92a243d0874f534c1655196c64b74

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2010-12-30

Updated: 2025-04-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00164