Vulnerability CVE-2011-1010


Published: 2011-03-01   Modified: 2012-02-13

Description:
Buffer overflow in the mac_partition function in fs/partitions/mac.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed Mac OS partition table.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
Linux Kernel Buffer Overflow ldm_frag_add() Elevated Privileges
PRE
04.03.2011

Type:

CWE-119

(Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.9/10
6.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Complete
Affected software
Linux -> Kernel 
Linux -> Linux kernel 

 References:
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=fa7ea87a057958a8b7926c1a60a3ca6d696328ed
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/22/11
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/22/15
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/22/3
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8115
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37.2
http://www.pre-cert.de/advisories/PRE-SA-2011-01.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516615/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46492
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025126
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=679282
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65643

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