Out-of-bounds write in Linux kernel - CVE-2010-3874
Published: December 29, 2010 / Updated: February 13, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU92568
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-3874
CWE-ID: CWE-787
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to out-of-bounds write error. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
Linux kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2010-3874
Install update from vendor's repository.
External References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=649695
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/21/1
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36.2
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/04/4
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg146469.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/20/3
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/03/3
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/20/4
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145791.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/20/5
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/20/2
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3321
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42745
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00000.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42801
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0012
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42778
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0124
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42932
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42890
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0597d1b99fcfc2c0eada09a698f85ed413d4ba84