VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2011-1010
Buffer overflow in the mac_partition function in fs/partitions/mac.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed Mac OS partition table.
MEDIUM 4.9EPSS 0.51%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.51%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Buffer overflow in the mac_partition function in fs/partitions/mac.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed Mac OS partition table.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.51% probability · 42th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-120
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fa7ea87a057958a8b7926c1a60a3ca6d696328ed
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/22/11Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/22/15Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/22/3Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46397Third Party Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8115Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37.2Broken Link
- http://www.pre-cert.de/advisories/PRE-SA-2011-01.txtPatch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516615/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46492Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025126Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=679282Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65643Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fa7ea87a057958a8b7926c1a60a3ca6d696328ed
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/22/11Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/22/15Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/22/3Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46397Third Party Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8115Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37.2Broken Link
- http://www.pre-cert.de/advisories/PRE-SA-2011-01.txtPatch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516615/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46492Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025126Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=679282Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65643Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.