CVE-2010-1084

Description

Linux kernel 2.6.18 through 2.6.33, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a large number of Bluetooth sockets, related to the size of sysfs files in (1) net/bluetooth/l2cap.c, (2) net/bluetooth/rfcomm/core.c, (3) net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c, and (4) net/bluetooth/sco.c.

Category

7.1
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.87% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-1084
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=576018 patch
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0610.html vendor advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=101545f6fef4a0a3ea8daf0b5b880df2c6a92a69
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38898 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/43315 third party advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/03/23/1 patch mailing list
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2053 vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/39830 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-1084?
CVE-2010-1084 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-1084?
To fix CVE-2010-1084, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2010-1084 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2010-1084 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
This platform uses data from the NIST NVD, MITRE CVE, MITRE CWE, First.org and CISA KEV but is not endorsed or certified by these entities. CVE is a registred trademark of the MITRE Corporation and the authoritative source of CVE content is MITRE's CVE web site. CWE is a registred trademark of the MITRE Corporation and the authoritative source of CWE content is MITRE's CWE web site.
© 2025 Under My Watch. All Rights Reserved.