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National Vulnerability Database

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NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2010-2521 Detail

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c in the XDR implementation in the NFS server in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34-rc6 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted NFSv4 compound WRITE request, related to the read_buf and nfsd4_decode_compound functions.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2bc3c1179c781b359d4f2f3439cb3df72afc17fc CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00004.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/43315 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024286 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2094 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/v2.6.34/ChangeLog-2.6.34-rc6 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:198 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:051 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/07/1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/09/2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0610.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0893.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0907.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42249 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3050 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=612028 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0606.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2010-2521
NVD Published Date:
09/07/2010
NVD Last Modified:
04/10/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.