CVE-2010-2240: Code Injection
First published: Tue Jun 22 2010(Updated: )
Description of problem: When an application has a stack overflow, the stack could silently overwrite other memory mapped area instead of causing a segmentation fault. Acknowledgements: Red Hat would like to thank the X.Org security team for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Rafal Wojtczuk as the original reporter.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.32.5 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.35.1 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.32.12 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.32.9 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.32 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.32.3 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.32.17 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.34.1 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.32.11 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | <=2.6.27.51 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.32.14 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.32.6 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.32.15 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.32.18 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.32.4 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.32.16 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.34.3 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.32.7 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.32.8 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.32.2 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.32.1 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.34.2 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.32.10 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.32.13 | |
| redhat/kernel-rt | <0:2.6.24.7-161.el5 | 0:2.6.24.7-161.el5 |
| redhat/kernel | <0:2.6.18-194.11.3.el5 | 0:2.6.18-194.11.3.el5 |
| redhat/kernel | <0:2.6.18-128.23.1.el5 | 0:2.6.18-128.23.1.el5 |
| redhat/kernel | <0:2.6.18-164.25.1.el5 | 0:2.6.18-164.25.1.el5 |
| debian/linux-2.6 |
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Reference Links
- http://www.invisiblethingslab.com/resources/misc-2010/xorg-large-memory-attacks.pdf
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.32.19
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=606611
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35.2
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0661.html
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.34.4
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27.52
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1024344
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:172
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2094
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0660.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0670.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:198
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0882.html
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0007.html
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2011/000133.html
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0009.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:051
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13247
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517739/100/0/threaded
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=320b2b8de12698082609ebbc1a17165727f4c893
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-2240 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2240
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0631
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0882
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0676
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0677
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0661
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0660
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0670
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2240
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2010-2240
- http://git.kernel.org/linus/320b2b8de12698082609ebbc1a17165727f4c893
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=606611#c24
- http://git.kernel.org/linus/5528f9132cf65d4d892bcbc5684c61e7822b21e9
- http://git.kernel.org/linus/96054569190bdec375fe824e48ca1f4e3b53dd36
- http://git.kernel.org/linus/11ac552477e32835cb6970bf0a70c210807f5673
- http://git.kernel.org/linus/d7824370e26325c881b665350ce64fb0a4fde24a
- http://git.kernel.org/linus/05fa199d45c54a9bda7aa3ae6537253d6f097aa9
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0631.html
- http://theinvisiblethings.blogspot.com/2010/08/skeletons-hidden-in-linux-closet.html
- http://git.kernel.org/linus/297c5eee372478fc32fec5fe8eed711eedb13f3d
- http://git.kernel.org/linus/7798330ac8114c731cfab83e634c6ecedaa233d7
- http://git.kernel.org/linus/0e8e50e20c837eeec8323bba7dcd25fe5479194c
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=606611#c47
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=606611#c49
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=606611#c43
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0660.html
- http://cansecwest.com/core05/memory_vulns_delalleau.pdf
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=606611#c57
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=615330
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0670.html
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0676.html
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0677.html
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-3081
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0882.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-2240
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-2240
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2240
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-2240
Parent vulnerabilities
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- version/linux linux kernel/2.6.32.9
- version/linux linux kernel/2.6.32
- version/linux linux kernel/2.6.32.3
- version/linux linux kernel/2.6.32.17
- version/linux linux kernel/2.6.34.1
- version/linux linux kernel/2.6.32.11
- version/linux linux kernel/2.6.27.51
- version/linux linux kernel/2.6.32.14
- version/linux linux kernel/2.6.32.6
- version/linux linux kernel/2.6.32.15
- version/linux linux kernel/2.6.32.18
- version/linux linux kernel/2.6.32.4
- version/linux linux kernel/2.6.32.16
- version/linux linux kernel/2.6.34.3
- version/linux linux kernel/2.6.32.7
- version/linux linux kernel/2.6.32.8
- version/linux linux kernel/2.6.32.2
- version/linux linux kernel/2.6.32.1
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