CVE-2010-3437 Integer overflow in n/a

What is CVE-2010-3437?

CVE-2010-3437 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 4 Oct 2010. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Integer signedness error in the pkt_find_dev_from_minor function in drivers/block/pktcdvd.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc6 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted index value in a PKT_CTRL_CMD_STATUS ioctl call.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-3437?

It affects 8 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Linux kernel, Opensuse Opensuse, Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop, Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension and 2 more.

How do I fix CVE-2010-3437?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2010-3437 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2010-3437 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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