Memory corruption in Linux kernel - CVE-2010-3873
Published: January 3, 2011 / Updated: February 13, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU92560
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-3873
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
The vulnerability exists due to memory corruption error. A remote non-authenticated attacker can perform service disruption.
Affected software
Linux kernel
Ubuntu
linux-source-2.6.15 (Ubuntu package)
Ubuntu
linux-source-2.6.15 (Ubuntu package)
How to mitigate CVE-2010-3873
Install update from vendor's repository.
linux-source-2.6.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 2.6.15-55.93
External References
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/04/3
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/03/2
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=649693
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145786.html
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145873.html
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36.2
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43291
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00005.html
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a6331d6f9a4298173b413cf99a40cc86a9d92c37