CVE-2010-1084

Published Apr 6, 2010

Last updated a year ago

Overview

Description
Linux kernel 2.6.18 through 2.6.33, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a large number of Bluetooth sockets, related to the size of sysfs files in (1) net/bluetooth/l2cap.c, (2) net/bluetooth/rfcomm/core.c, (3) net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c, and (4) net/bluetooth/sco.c.
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Modified

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Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
7.1
Impact score
6.9
Exploitability score
8.6
Vector string
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-119

Vendor comments

  • Red HatRed Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/CVE-2010-1084 This issue did not affect the version of the Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise 3 and 4, as it did not use sysfs files. A future update in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG may address this flaw.

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