Memory corruption in Linux kernel - CVE-2010-1084
Published: April 7, 2010 / Updated: October 10, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU95728
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-1084
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2010-1084
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- 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