CVE-2010-3859

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Summary

CVECVE-2010-3859
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-12-29 18:00:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionMultiple 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.9 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-787 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 5.0 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2126-1 linux-2.6 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
[PATCH 0/4] RFC: tipc int vs size_t fixes — Linux Network Development af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.spinics.net Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org
mandriva.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Third Party Advisory
[PATCH 3/4] tipc: Update arguments to use size_t for iovec array sizes — Linux Network Development af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.spinics.net Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org
[PATCH 4/4] tipc: Fix bugs in sending of large amounts of byte-stream data — Linux Network Development af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.spinics.net Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat update for kernel - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Third Party Advisory
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Bug 645867 – CVE-2010-3859 kernel: tipc: heap overflow in tipc_msg_build() af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat update for kernel - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
VMSA-2011-0012.2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com Third Party Advisory
[PATCH 1/4] tipc: Fix bugs in tipc_msg_calc_data_size() — Linux Network Development af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.spinics.net Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Re: [PATCH 1/4] tipc: Fix bugs in tipc_msg_calc_data_size() — Linux Network Development af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.spinics.net Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE request: kernel: heap overflow in TIPC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Re: [PATCH 2/4] tipc: Fix bugs in tipc_msg_build() — Linux Network Development af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.spinics.net Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
'TIPC security issues' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[PATCH 2/4] tipc: Fix bugs in tipc_msg_build() — Linux Network Development af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.spinics.net Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
404: File not found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kernel.org Broken Link
oss-security - CVE request: kernel: heap overflow in TIPC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Linux Kernel Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Third Party Advisory
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MITRE git.kernel.org
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MITRE git.kernel.org
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