CVE - CVE-2010-3859

CVE-ID
CVE-2010-3859	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Multiple integer signedness errors in the TIPC implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted sendmsg call that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, related to the tipc_msg_build function in net/tipc/msg.c and the verify_iovec function in net/core/iovec.c.
References
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MISC:20111013 VMSA-2011-0012 VMware ESXi and ESX updates to third party libraries and ESX Service Console URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded MISC:42789 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/42789 MISC:42963 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/42963 MISC:44354 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44354 MISC:46397 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/46397 MISC:ADV-2011-0024 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0024~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:ADV-2011-0168 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0168~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:DSA-2126 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126 MISC:MDVSA-2011:029 URL:~~http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:RHSA-2011:0004 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0004.html MISC:RHSA-2011:0162 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0162.html MISC:[netdev] 20101021 TIPC security issues URL:http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=128770476511716&w=2 MISC:[netdev] 20101027 Re: [PATCH 1/4] tipc: Fix bugs in tipc_msg_calc_data_size() URL:http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145248.html MISC:[netdev] 20101027 [PATCH 0/4] RFC: tipc int vs size_t fixes URL:http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145247.html MISC:[netdev] 20101027 [PATCH 1/4] tipc: Fix bugs in tipc_msg_calc_data_size() URL:http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145263.html MISC:[netdev] 20101027 [PATCH 2/4] tipc: Fix bugs in tipc_msg_build() URL:http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145265.html MISC:[netdev] 20101027 [PATCH 3/4] tipc: Update arguments to use size_t for iovec array sizes URL:http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145262.html MISC:[netdev] 20101027 [PATCH 4/4] tipc: Fix bugs in sending of large amounts of byte-stream data URL:http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145264.html MISC:[netdev] 20101028 Re: [PATCH 2/4] tipc: Fix bugs in tipc_msg_build() URL:http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145352.html MISC:[oss-security] 20101022 CVE request: kernel: heap overflow in TIPC URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/22/2 MISC:[oss-security] 20101022 Re: CVE request: kernel: heap overflow in TIPC URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/22/5 MISC:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=253eacc070b114c2ec1f81b067d2fed7305467b0 URL:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=253eacc070b114c2ec1f81b067d2fed7305467b0 MISC:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8acfe468b0384e834a303f08ebc4953d72fb690a URL:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8acfe468b0384e834a303f08ebc4953d72fb690a MISC:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36.2 URL:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36.2 MISC:http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html URL:http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=645867 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=645867
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20101008	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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Assigned (20101008)
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