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CVE-2010-3859 Detail

Description

Multiple integer signedness errors in the TIPC implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted sendmsg call that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, related to the tipc_msg_build function in net/tipc/msg.c and the verify_iovec function in net/core/iovec.c.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=253eacc070b114c2ec1f81b067d2fed7305467b0
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8acfe468b0384e834a303f08ebc4953d72fb690a
http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=128770476511716&w=2 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36.2 Broken Link 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/22/2 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/22/5 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0004.html Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0162.html Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44354 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145247.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145248.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145262.html Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145263.html Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145264.html Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145265.html Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145352.html Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0024 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0168 Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=645867 Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2010-3859
NVD Published Date:
12/29/2010
NVD Last Modified:
02/12/2023
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.