CVE-2010-3442

Description

Multiple integer overflows in the snd_ctl_new function in sound/core/control.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc5-next-20100929 allow local users to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted (1) SNDRV_CTL_IOCTL_ELEM_ADD or (2) SNDRV_CTL_IOCTL_ELEM_REPLACE ioctl call.

Category

4.7
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.17%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory debian.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/42789 third party advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5591bf07225523600450edd9e6ad258bb877b779
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0024 vdb entry third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42778 third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0004.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42801 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded mailing list vdb entry third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/46397 third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00001.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3113 vdb entry third party advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00000.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/29/4 mailing list third party advisory patch
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0936.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/next/patch-v2.6.36-rc5-next-20100928.bz2 broken link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00004.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3321 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0842.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43787 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/29/3 mailing list third party advisory patch
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=638478 issue tracking third party advisory patch
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:257 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0012 vdb entry third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/29/9 mailing list third party advisory patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/42745 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/43291 third party advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/29/2 mailing list third party advisory patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/42400 third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-3442?
CVE-2010-3442 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-3442?
To fix CVE-2010-3442, 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-2010-3442 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2010-3442 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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