{"id":"CVE-2010-4342","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2010-4342","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T21:03:45.635Z","title":"The aun_incoming function in net/econet/af_econet.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc6, when Econet is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) by sending an Acorn Universal Networking (AUN)…","description":"The aun_incoming function in net/econet/af_econet.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc6, when Econet is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) by sending an Acorn Universal Networking (AUN) packet over UDP.","published":"2010-12-30T19:00:05.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:24:36.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.1,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-476"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel","suse/linux enterprise server"],"epss":{"score":0.03521,"percentile":0.89148,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.52%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4e085e76cbe558b79b54cbab772f61185879bc64","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=129185496013580&w=2","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=129186011218615&w=2","tags":["Exploit","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/09/1","tags":["Exploit","Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/09/2","tags":["Exploit","Mailing List","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/43291","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc6","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45321","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4e085e76cbe558b79b54cbab772f61185879bc64","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=129185496013580&w=2","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=129186011218615&w=2","tags":["Exploit","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/09/1","tags":["Exploit","Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/09/2","tags":["Exploit","Mailing List","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/43291","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc6","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45321","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4342","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}