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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2010-3873

The X.25 implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 does not properly parse facilities, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact via malformed (1)…

MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 3.74%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.74%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

The X.25 implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 does not properly parse facilities, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact via malformed (1) X25_FAC_CALLING_AE or (2) X25_FAC_CALLED_AE data, related to net/x25/x25_facilities.c and net/x25/x25_in.c, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-4164.

CVSS 2.0
5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS
3.74% probability · 89th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-119
Affected
linux/linux kernel · opensuse/opensuse · suse/linux enterprise server · debian/debian linux
Source
secalert@redhat.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.