CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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6.2 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Linux Kernel 2.6.16.9 (Operating System). Affected is the function do_io_submit
. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a numeric error vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-189. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:
Integer overflow in the do_io_submit function in fs/aio.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc4-next-20100915 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted use of the io_submit system call.
The issue has been introduced in 03/20/2006. The weakness was disclosed 09/21/2010 by Tavis Ormandy (Website). The advisory is shared for download at kernel.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2010-3067. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1646 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 53741 (openSUSE Security Update : kernel-debug (openSUSE-SU-2011:0003-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165622 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update Linux kernel (SUSE-SA:2010:060)).
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (61884) and Tenable (53741). The entries 55571, 55569, 55568 and 55563 are pretty similar.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.2VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.2
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Exploiting
Class: Numeric errorCWE: CWE-189
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 53741
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : kernel-debug (openSUSE-SU-2011:0003-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 68662
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2126-1 (linux-2.6)
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Patch: 75e1c70fc31490ef8a373ea2a4bea2524099b478
Timeline
03/20/2006 🔍08/20/2010 🔍
09/21/2010 🔍
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03/19/2015 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: kernel.orgAdvisory: USN-1000-1
Researcher: Tavis Ormandy
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-3067 (🔍)
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X-Force: 61884
Vulnerability Center: 27260 - Linux Kernel before 2.6.36-rc4-next-20100915 \x27do_io_submit()\x27 Integer Overflow Allows Local DoS, Medium
SecurityFocus: 43353 - Linux Kernel 'do_io_submit()' Integer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 42778
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Entry
Created: 03/19/2015 14:37Updated: 09/25/2021 09:12
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (67), 03/06/2017 11:01 (10), 09/25/2021 09:07 (8), 09/25/2021 09:08 (1), 09/25/2021 09:12 (1)
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