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National Vulnerability Database

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NVD

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CVE-2011-1010 Detail

Description

Buffer overflow in the mac_partition function in fs/partitions/mac.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed Mac OS partition table.


Metrics

 
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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=fa7ea87a057958a8b7926c1a60a3ca6d696328ed CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/22/11 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/22/15 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/22/3 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/46397 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8115 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37.2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.pre-cert.de/advisories/PRE-SA-2011-01.txt CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516615/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46492 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025126 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=679282 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65643 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2011-1010
NVD Published Date:
03/01/2011
NVD Last Modified:
04/10/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.