CVE-2010-3859

Publication date 29 December 2010

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Multiple integer signedness errors in the TIPC implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted sendmsg call that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, related to the tipc_msg_build function in net/tipc/msg.c and the verify_iovec function in net/core/iovec.c.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

Dan Rosenberg discovered that the Linux kernel TIPC implementation contained multiple integer signedness errors. A local attacker could exploit this to gain root privileges.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
linux 11.04 natty
Fixed 2.6.37-2.9
10.10 maverick
Fixed 2.6.35-25.43
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 2.6.32-28.52
9.10 karmic
Fixed 2.6.31-22.73
9.04 jaunty Ignored end of life
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed 2.6.24-28.86
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release
linux-ec2 11.04 natty Not in release
10.10 maverick Ignored end of life
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 2.6.32-312.24
9.10 karmic
Fixed 2.6.31-307.27
9.04 jaunty Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release
linux-fsl-imx51 11.04 natty Not in release
10.10 maverick Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 2.6.31-610.27
9.10 karmic
Fixed 2.6.31-112.30
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release
linux-lts-backport-maverick 11.04 natty Not in release
10.10 maverick Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 2.6.35-25.44~lucid1
9.10 karmic Not in release
9.04 jaunty Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release
linux-lts-backport-natty 11.04 natty Not in release
10.10 maverick Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
linux-mvl-dove 11.04 natty Not in release
10.10 maverick
Fixed 2.6.32-414.30
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 2.6.32-214.30
9.10 karmic Ignored end of life
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release
linux-source-2.6.15 11.04 natty Not in release
10.10 maverick Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
9.10 karmic Not in release
9.04 jaunty Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 2.6.15-55.93
linux-ti-omap4 11.04 natty
Fixed 2.6.38-1201.2
10.10 maverick
Fixed 2.6.35-903.23
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
9.10 karmic Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release

Notes

kees

Upstream commits 8acfe468b0384e834a303f08ebc4953d72fb690a and 253eacc070b114c2ec1f81b067d2fed7305467b0

Patch details

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Package Patch details
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References

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