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CVE-2010-3859
high
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
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=645867
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0168
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0024
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145352.html
http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145265.html
http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145264.html
http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145263.html
http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145262.html
http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145248.html
http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145247.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44354
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0162.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0004.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/22/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/22/2
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126
http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
http://secunia.com/advisories/42963