CVE-2010-3301

Public Exploit

Description

The IA32 system call emulation functionality in arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc4-git2 on the x86_64 platform does not zero extend the %eax register after the 32-bit entry path to ptrace is used, which allows local users to gain privileges by triggering an out-of-bounds access to the system call table using the %rax register. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2007-4573 regression.

Category

7.2
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 5.76% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/16/3 mailing list third party advisory patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/16/1 mailing list third party advisory patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3117 vdb entry third party advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=634449 issue tracking exploit third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:198 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://sota.gen.nz/compat2/ third party advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1041-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0842.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:247 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.36-rc4-git2.log broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/42758 third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00006.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=eefdca043e8391dcd719711716492063030b55ac
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0070 vdb entry third party advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=36d001c70d8a0144ac1d038f6876c484849a74de

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-3301?
CVE-2010-3301 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-3301?
To fix CVE-2010-3301, 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-2010-3301 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2010-3301 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~6% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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