CVE-2010-2492 Information

Description

Buffer overflow in the ecryptfs_uid_hash macro in fs/ecryptfs/messaging.c in the eCryptfs subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35 might allow local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (system crash) via unspecified vectors.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=a6f80fb7b5986fda663d94079d3bba0937a6b6ff http://secunia.com/advisories/42890 http://secunia.com/advisories/46397 http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100113326 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:172 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:198 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0723.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=611385

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8