CVE-2010-3849

Description

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 cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) via a sendmsg call that specifies a NULL value for the remote address field.

Category

4.7
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.14%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.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/43056 third party advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=644156 issue tracking third party advisory patch
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-12/0086.html mailing list broken link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/30/1 mailing list third party advisory patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36.2 broken link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:257 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00007.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1023-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/43291 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0213 vdb entry third party advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fa0e846494792e722d817b9d3d625a4ef4896c96
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-3849?
CVE-2010-3849 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-3849?
To fix CVE-2010-3849, 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-2010-3849 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2010-3849 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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