CVE-2010-2492

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 3
Modified
Published: 08 Sept 2010, 19:00
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 02:32

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
31/100
CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.08% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

08 Sept 2010, 19:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 02:32
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Buffer overflow in the ecryptfs_uid_hash macro in fs/ecryptfs/messaging.c in the eCryptfs subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35 might allow local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (system crash) via unspecified vectors.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1HIGHScore: 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • v2.0HIGHScore: 7.2AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.08% Percentile: 23%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

    The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer.

Affected Systems

  • avayaaura_communication_manager

    5.2

  • avayaaura_presence_services

    6.0 | 6.1 | 6.1.1

  • avayaaura_session_manager

    1.1 | 5.2 | 6.0

  • avayaaura_system_manager

    5.2 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 6.1.1

  • avayaaura_system_platform

    1.1 | 6.0 | 6.0:sp1

  • avayaaura_voice_portal

    5.0 | 5.1 | 5.1:sp1

  • avayaiq

    5.0 | 5.1

  • linuxlinux_kernel

    < 2.6.35

  • vmwareesx

    4.0 | 4.1

References (12)