SB2011010310 - Permissions, privileges, and access controls in Linux kernel
Published: January 3, 2011
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Permissions, privileges, and access controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2010-3448)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to security restrictions bypass error. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=652122
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=565790
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/23/2
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/28/1
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/30/6
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/29/7
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/30/1
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.34
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64580
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b525c06cdbd8a3963f0173ccd23f9147d4c384b5