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CVE-2010-2478

Date: September 29, 2010

Integer overflow in the ethtool_get_rxnfc function in net/core/ethtool.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33.7 on 32-bit platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via an ETHTOOL_GRXCLSRLALL ethtool command with a large info.rule_cnt value that triggers a buffer overflow, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-3084.

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (13)

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.33.7
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2010-2478
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/164869
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=db048b69037e7fa6a7d9e95a1271a50dc08ae233
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41223
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2478
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/29/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/29/1
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00004.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608950
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/30/17
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2010-2478

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Integer Overflow or Wraparound

CWE-190

Numeric Errors

CWE-189

CVSS v3.1

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