CVE-2010-3849

N/A Unknown
Published: December 30, 2010 Modified: April 29, 2026
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Description

The econet_sendmsg function in net/econet/af_econet.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2, when an econet address is configured, allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) via a sendmsg call that specifies a NULL value for the remote address field.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-12/0086.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Broken Link
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fa0e846494792e722d817b9d3d625a4ef4896c96
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00007.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/30/1
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/43056
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/43291
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36.2
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:257
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1023-1
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0213
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=644156
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-12/0086.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fa0e846494792e722d817b9d3d625a4ef4896c96
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00007.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/30/1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/43056
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/43291
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36.2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:257
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1023-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0213
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=644156
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

32 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.7%
49th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-476

Affected Vendors

debian linux canonical suse

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