CVE-2010-3858

CVSS V2 Medium 4.9 CVSS V3 None
Description
The setup_arg_pages function in fs/exec.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36, when CONFIG_STACK_GROWSDOWN is used, does not properly restrict the stack memory consumption of the (1) arguments and (2) environment for a 32-bit application on a 64-bit platform, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted exec system call, a related issue to CVE-2010-2240.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2010-3858
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2010-11-30T21:38:23
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2023-02-13T04:26:39
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-400 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/400.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.6.36
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 4.9
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 6.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44301 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=645222 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=1b528181b2ffa14721fb28ad1bd539fe1732c583 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://grsecurity.net/~spender/64bit_dos.c Broken Link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/22/4 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15619 Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/21/1 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36 Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126 Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0004.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42758 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:257 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0070 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1041-1 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42789 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0024 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/46397 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-3858
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-3858
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:21:41 Added to TrackCVE
2023-02-13 05:04:01 2023-02-13T04:26:39 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-02-13 05:04:01 Analyzed Modified Vulnerability Status updated