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CVE-2010-2959 Detail

Description

Integer overflow in net/can/bcm.c in the Controller Area Network (CAN) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27.53, 2.6.32.x before 2.6.32.21, 2.6.34.x before 2.6.34.6, and 2.6.35.x before 2.6.35.4 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (system crash) via crafted CAN traffic.


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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=5b75c4973ce779520b9d1e392483207d6f842cde CVE, Canonical Ltd.
http://jon.oberheide.org/files/i-can-haz-modharden.c CVE, Canonical Ltd. Exploit  Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-September/046947.html CVE, Canonical Ltd. Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00004.html CVE, Canonical Ltd. Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00005.html CVE, Canonical Ltd. Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html CVE, Canonical Ltd. Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/41512 CVE, Canonical Ltd. Broken Link 
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2094 CVE, Canonical Ltd. Third Party Advisory 
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27.53 CVE, Canonical Ltd. Broken Link 
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.32.21 CVE, Canonical Ltd. Broken Link 
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.34.6 CVE, Canonical Ltd. Broken Link 
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35.4 CVE, Canonical Ltd. Broken Link 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:198 CVE, Canonical Ltd. Broken Link 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/20/2 CVE, Canonical Ltd. Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42585 CVE, Canonical Ltd. Exploit  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2430 CVE, Canonical Ltd. Broken Link 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298 CVE, Canonical Ltd. Broken Link 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625699 CVE, Canonical Ltd. Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2010-2959
NVD Published Date:
09/08/2010
NVD Last Modified:
04/10/2025
Source:
Canonical Ltd.