7.2 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
The kernel is vulnerable to privilege escalation. A flaw in the IA32 system call emulation provided in 64-bit Linux kernels could allow a local user to escalate their privileges.
CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
---|---|---|---|
kernel | eq | 2.6.32__71.el6 | |
kernel | eq | 2.6.32__71.el6 |
docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html-single/Technical_Notes/index.html#RHSA-2010:0842
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=36d001c70d8a0144ac1d038f6876c484849a74de
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=eefdca043e8391dcd719711716492063030b55ac
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=36d001c70d8a0144ac1d038f6876c484849a74de
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=eefdca043e8391dcd719711716492063030b55ac
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00006.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html
secunia.com/advisories/42758
sota.gen.nz/compat2/
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.36-rc4-git2.log
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:198
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:247
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/16/1
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/16/3
www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0842.html
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1041-1
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3117
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0070
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0842
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-3301
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=634449