Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Informations
Name CVE-2010-2492 First vendor Publication 2010-09-08
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2024-11-21

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Overall CVSS Score 7.8
Base Score 7.8 Environmental Score 7.8
impact SubScore 5.9 Temporal Score 7.8
Exploitabality Sub Score 1.8
 
Attack Vector Local Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High Availability Impact High
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 7.2 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-2492

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') (CWE/SANS Top 25)

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20153
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20153
Title: VMware ESX third party updates for Service Console packages glibc and dhcp
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.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2010-2492
 Version: 4
Platform(s): VMWare ESX Server 4.1
VMWare ESX Server 4.0
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Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Application 3
Application 3
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Application 3
Application 3
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Application 1
Os 1317
Os 2

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2012-06-05 Name : RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2011:0007-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2011_0007-01_kernel.nasl
2012-03-16 Name : VMSA-2011-0012.3 VMware ESXi and ESX updates to third party libraries and ESX...
File : nvt/gb_VMSA-2011-0012.nasl
2011-08-09 Name : CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2010:0723 centos5 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2010_0723_kernel_centos5_i386.nasl
2010-10-19 Name : Mandriva Update for kernel MDVSA-2010:198 (kernel)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2010_198.nasl
2010-10-10 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 2110-1 (linux-2.6)
File : nvt/deb_2110_1.nasl
2010-10-01 Name : RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2010:0723-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2010_0723-01_kernel.nasl
2010-10-01 Name : SuSE Update for kernel SUSE-SA:2010:046
File : nvt/gb_suse_2010_046.nasl
2010-09-27 Name : Mandriva Update for kernel MDVSA-2010:172 (kernel)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2010_172.nasl
2010-09-27 Name : Mandriva Update for kernel MDVSA-2010:188 (kernel)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2010_188.nasl
2010-08-06 Name : Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-966-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_966_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
67893 Linux Kernel eCryptfs Subsystem fs/ecryptfs/messaging.c ecryptfs_uid_hash Mac...

Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVM)

Date Description
2011-10-27 IAVM : 2011-A-0147 - Multiple Vulnerabilities in VMware ESX and ESXi
Severity : Category I - VMSKEY : V0030545

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2016-03-04 Name : The remote VMware ESX / ESXi host is missing a security-related patch.
File : vmware_VMSA-2011-0012_remote.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-11-13 Name : The remote VMware ESXi 5.0 host is affected by multiple security vulnerabilit...
File : vmware_esxi_5_0_build_515841_remote.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2010-0723.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2011-0007.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-06-29 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2010-0723.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-10-14 Name : The remote VMware ESXi / ESX host is missing one or more security-related pat...
File : vmware_VMSA-2011-0012.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-01-12 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2011-0007.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-10-08 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2010-198.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-10-06 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2010-0723.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-09-24 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2010-188.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-09-24 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_2_kernel-100921.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-09-20 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-2110.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-09-12 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2010-172.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-08-05 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-966-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3...
http://secunia.com/advisories/42890
http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100113326
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:172
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:198
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0723.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=611385
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