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CVE-2010-0296

Date: June 1, 2010

The encode_name macro in misc/mntent_r.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.11.1 and earlier, as used by ncpmount and mount.cifs, does not properly handle newline characters in mountpoint names, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (mtab corruption), or possibly modify mount options and gain privileges, via a crafted mount request.

Language: C

Severity Score

8.4

Related Resources (26)

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1246

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:111

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:112

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/39900

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0296

Url: https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00007.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/46397

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0412.html

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0296

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-944-1

Url: http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded

Url: http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ab00f4eac8f4932211259ff87be83144f5211540

Url: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59240

Url: https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0863

Url: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2010-0296

Url: http://securitytracker.com/id?1024043

Url: http://frugalware.org/security/662

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2058

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=559579

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/43830

Url: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201011-01.xml

Url: http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2010-0296

Severity Score

8.4

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Input Validation

CWE-20

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	8.4
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.2
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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CVE-2010-0296

Date: June 1, 2010

Language: C

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CVSS v2

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