CVE-2010-2959

Summary

CVECVE-2010-2959
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-09-08 20:00:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:05:00 UTC
DescriptionInteger overflow in net/can/bcm.c in the Controller Area Network (CAN) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27.53, 2.6.32.x before 2.6.32.21, 2.6.34.x before 2.6.34.6, and 2.6.35.x before 2.6.35.4 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (system crash) via crafted CAN traffic.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-190

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 5.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 5.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 12 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 12 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 11.3 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 11.3 All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 11 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 11 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time 11 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time 11 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp1 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: Realtime Linux Kernel (S SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Bug 625699 – CVE-2010-2959 kernel: can: add limit for nframes and clean up signed/unsigned variables CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - CVE-2010-2959 kernel: can: add limit for nframes and clean up signed/unsigned variables MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Broken Link
[security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: Linux kernel (SUSE-SA:20 SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree CONFIRM git.kernel.org Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
404: File not found CONFIRM www.kernel.org Broken Link
404: File not found CONFIRM www.kernel.org Broken Link
jon.oberheide.org/files/i-can-haz-modharden.c MISC jon.oberheide.org Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
404: File not found CONFIRM www.kernel.org Broken Link
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2010:198 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com Broken Link
404: File not found CONFIRM www.kernel.org Broken Link
SUSE update for kernel - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Broken Link
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree git.kernel.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 12 Update: kernel-2.6.32.21-166.fc12 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: Linux kernel (SUSE-SA:20 SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2094-1 linux-2.6 DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Broken Link
Linux Kernel Controller Area Network Protocol Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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