Vulnerability CVE-2010-4342
Published: 2010-12-30   Modified: 2012-02-13

Description:
The aun_incoming function in net/econet/af_econet.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc6, when Econet is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) by sending an Acorn Universal Networking (AUN) packet over UDP.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
linux 2.6.37rc5 econet AUN-over-UDP receive NULL dereference
Nelson Elhage
01.01.2011

Type:

CWE-399

 (Resource Management Errors)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.1/10
6.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Complete
Affected software
Linux -> Kernel 

 References:
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/09/2
http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=129186011218615&w=2
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=4e085e76cbe558b79b54cbab772f61185879bc64
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45321
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc6
http://secunia.com/advisories/43291
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/09/1
http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=129185496013580&w=2
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html
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