CVE-2010-3859 Integer overflow in n/a

What is CVE-2010-3859?

CVE-2010-3859 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 29 Dec 2010. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Multiple integer signedness errors in the TIPC implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted sendmsg call that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, related to the tipc_msg_build function in net/tipc/msg.c and the verify_iovec function in net/core/iovec.c.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-3859?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2010-3859?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2010-3859 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-3859 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-vv88-7m9v-j3pp.