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CVE-2010-3848 Detail

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the econet_sendmsg function in net/econet/af_econet.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2, when an econet address is configured, allows local users to gain privileges by providing a large number of iovec structures.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a27e13d370415add3487949c60810e36069a23a6
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00007.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/30/1 Mailing List  Patch  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-2010:257 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1023-1 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0213 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375 Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=644156 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-2010-3848
NVD Published Date:
12/30/2010
NVD Last Modified:
02/12/2023
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.