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CVE-2010-4342 Detail

Description

The aun_incoming function in net/econet/af_econet.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc6, when Econet is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) by sending an Acorn Universal Networking (AUN) packet over UDP.


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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=4e085e76cbe558b79b54cbab772f61185879bc64 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=129185496013580&w=2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Third Party Advisory 
http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=129186011218615&w=2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/09/1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/09/2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/43291 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc6 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45321 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2010-4342
NVD Published Date:
12/30/2010
NVD Last Modified:
04/10/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.