6.3 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
6.9 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
9.3%
Stack-based buffer overflow in the econet_sendmsg function in net/econet/af_econet.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2, when an econet address is configured, allows local users to gain privileges by providing a large number of iovec structures.
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a27e13d370415add3487949c60810e36069a23a6
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00007.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/30/1
secunia.com/advisories/43056
secunia.com/advisories/43291
www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36.2
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:257
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1023-1
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0213
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=644156
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