SB2010040706 - Memory corruption in Linux kernel bluetooth
Published: April 7, 2010
Security Bulletin ID
SB2010040706
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Memory corruption (CVE-ID: CVE-2010-1084)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory corruption error within the sco_sysfs_show() function in net/bluetooth/sco.c, within the rfcomm_sock_sysfs_show() function in net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c, within the rfcomm_dlc_sysfs_show() function in net/bluetooth/rfcomm/core.c, within the l2cap_sysfs_show() function in net/bluetooth/l2cap.c. A remote non-authenticated attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=101545f6fef4a0a3ea8daf0b5b880df2c6a92a69
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39830
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43315
- http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-1084
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2053
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/03/23/1
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0610.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38898
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=576018