Memory corruption in Linux kernel - CVE-2010-3084
Published: September 29, 2010 / Updated: February 13, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU92602
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-3084
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary code.
The vulnerability exists due to memory corruption error. A local user can execute arbitrary code.
How to mitigate CVE-2010-3084
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=632069
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43098
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.36-rc4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/09/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/11/1
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg140133.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0842.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ee9c5cfad29c8a13199962614b9b16f1c4137ac9