U.S. flag   An official website of the United States government
Dot gov

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Https

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock (Dot gov) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

National Vulnerability Database
  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2010-2891 Detail

Description

Buffer overflow in the smiGetNode function in lib/smi.c in libsmi 0.4.8 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Object Identifier (aka OID) represented as a numerical string containing many components separated by . (dot) characters.


Metrics

 
NVD enrichment efforts reference publicly available information to associate vector strings. CVSS information contributed by other sources is also displayed.
CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
N/A
NVD assessment not yet provided.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

By selecting these links, you will be leaving NIST webspace. We have provided these links to other web sites because they may have information that would be of interest to you. No inferences should be drawn on account of other sites being referenced, or not, from this page. There may be other web sites that are more appropriate for your purpose. NIST does not necessarily endorse the views expressed, or concur with the facts presented on these sites. Further, NIST does not endorse any commercial products that may be mentioned on these sites. Please address comments about this page to nvd@nist.gov.

Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00003.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00003.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/41841 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/41841 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/42877
http://secunia.com/advisories/42877
http://secunia.com/advisories/42902
http://secunia.com/advisories/42902
http://secunia.com/advisories/43068
http://secunia.com/advisories/43068
http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-2891
http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-2891
http://www.coresecurity.com/content/libsmi-smigetnode-buffer-overflow Exploit  Patch 
http://www.coresecurity.com/content/libsmi-smigetnode-buffer-overflow Exploit  Patch 
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2145
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2145
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15293 Exploit  Patch 
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15293 Exploit  Patch 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:209
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:209
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514382/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514382/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44276 Exploit  Patch 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44276 Exploit  Patch 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2764 Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2764 Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0076
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0076
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0111
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0111
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/62686
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/62686

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  

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

CPEs loading, please wait.

Denotes Vulnerable Software
Are we missing a CPE here? Please let us know.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2010-2891
NVD Published Date:
10/27/2010
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
MITRE