CVE-2010-4527
6.9 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
5.8 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
The load_mixer_volumes function in sound/oss/soundcard.c in the OSS sound subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37 incorrectly expects that a certain name field ends with a ‘\0’ character, which allows local users to conduct buffer overflow attacks and gain privileges, or possibly obtain sensitive information from kernel memory, via a SOUND_MIXER_SETLEVELS ioctl call.
Affected configurations
References
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d81a12bc29ae4038770e05dce4ab7f26fd5880fb
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/31/1
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/31/4
secunia.com/advisories/42765
secunia.com/advisories/43291
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37
www.securityfocus.com/bid/45629
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375
xorl.wordpress.com/2011/01/09/cve-2010-4527-linux-kernel-oss-sound-card-driver-buffer-overflow/
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667615
Related
6.9 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
5.8 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%