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CVE-2010-3858

Date: November 30, 2010

The setup_arg_pages function in fs/exec.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36, when CONFIG_STACK_GROWSDOWN is used, does not properly restrict the stack memory consumption of the (1) arguments and (2) environment for a 32-bit application on a 64-bit platform, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted exec system call, a related issue to CVE-2010-2240.

Language: C

Severity Score

6.2

Related Resources (24)

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/42758

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44301

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0070

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

Url: http://grsecurity.net/~spender/64bit_dos.c

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-3858

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:257

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1041-1

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2010-3858

Url: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1b528181b2ffa14721fb28ad1bd539fe1732c583

Url: http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15619

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

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

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html

Url: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0004.html

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/22/4

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-3858

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/42789

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/21/1

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=645222

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0024

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2010-3858

Severity Score

6.2

Weakness Type (CWE)

Resource Management Errors

CWE-399

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CWE-400

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	6.2
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.9
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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CVE-2010-3858

Date: November 30, 2010

Language: C

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