CVE-2010-3859

Description

Multiple integer signedness errors in the TIPC implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted sendmsg call that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, related to the tipc_msg_build function in net/tipc/msg.c and the verify_iovec function in net/core/iovec.c.

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=253eacc070b114c2ec1f81b067d2fed7305467b0

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8acfe468b0384e834a303f08ebc4953d72fb690a

http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=128770476511716&w=2

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=645867

http://secunia.com/advisories/42789

http://secunia.com/advisories/42963

http://secunia.com/advisories/46397

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-2011:029

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/22/2

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/22/5

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0004.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0162.html

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

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0024

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0168

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2