CVE-2010-4527

CVE Details

Release Date:	2011-01-13
Impact:	Important	What is this?

Description

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.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	6.9
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Complete
Integrity Impact:	Complete
Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (kernel)	ELSA-2011-0263	2011-02-23
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (ocfs2-2.6.9-100.EL)	ELSA-2011-0263	2011-02-23
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (oracleasm-2.6.9-100.EL)	ELSA-2011-0263	2011-02-23