PT-2011-2812 · Linux+1 · Linux Kernel+1

Timo Warns · Published 2011-03-01 · Updated 2023-02-13 · CVE-2011-1010

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.37.2

Description The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the mac partition function, located in fs/partitions/mac.c. This can be exploited by local users through a malformed Mac OS partition table, potentially causing a denial of service or other unspecified impacts.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.6.37.2, update to version 2.6.37.2 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-120

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-1010

DSA-2264-1

RHSA-2011:0429

RHSA-2011:0500

RHSA-2011:0542

RHSA-2011:0883

RHSA-2011_0429

RHSA-2011_0542

RHSA-2011_0883

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

References · 48

• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/22/3 · Patch
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-04607 · Security Note
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2011-0542.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8115 · Patch
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-04341 · Security Note
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2011-2014.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://pre-cert.de/advisories/PRE-SA-2011-01.txt · Patch
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/22/15 · Patch
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-04359 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-04343 · Security Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/22/11 · Patch
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=679282 · Patch
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-04342 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1010 · Security Note
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/da48524eb20662618854bb3df2db01fc65f3070c · Note