Kernel vulnerability

Any suggestions for dealing with CVE-2010-3849, since no version of SLES
has the minimum kernel version to fix this problem? Also, we’re running
OES, so we need a fix for SLES 10. From the security scan:

Multiple vulnerabilities exists in Linux Kernel caused by:-

  1. The econet_sendmsg function in net/econet/af_econet.c in the
    Linux kernel and
  2. The ec_dev_ioctl function in net/econet/af_econet.c in the Linux
    kernel

The vulnerabilities are reported in all the Linux Kernel versions
before 2.6.36.2.
IMPACT:
Successful exploitation allows local users to bypass intended
access restrictions and cause a denial of service.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 2.6.36.2 to resolve the issue.

‘CVE - CVE-2010-3849 (under review)’
(http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-3849)

Aw, nuts, I just reread it and see the part about local users, which we
don’t have other than admins. I guess this isn’t really an issue, but
I’ll post anyway for anyone who does have local users and needs to
address it.


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On Tue, 04 Oct 2011 16:36:02 GMT
zenking zenking@no-mx.forums.novell.com wrote:
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Any suggestions for dealing with CVE-2010-3849, since no version of
SLES has the minimum kernel version to fix this problem? Also, we’re
running OES, so we need a fix for SLES 10. From the security scan:

Multiple vulnerabilities exists in Linux Kernel caused by:-

  1. The econet_sendmsg function in net/econet/af_econet.c in the
    Linux kernel and
  2. The ec_dev_ioctl function in net/econet/af_econet.c in the Linux
    kernel

The vulnerabilities are reported in all the Linux Kernel versions
before 2.6.36.2.
IMPACT:
Successful exploitation allows local users to bypass intended
access restrictions and cause a denial of service.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 2.6.36.2 to resolve the issue.

‘CVE - CVE-2010-3849 (under review)’
(http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-3849)

Aw, nuts, I just reread it and see the part about local users, which
we don’t have other than admins. I guess this isn’t really an issue,
but I’ll post anyway for anyone who does have local users and needs to
address it.

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Hi
Fixed a long time ago;
http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-3849.html

Security issues are backported so you need to check the changelogs.


Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
openSUSE 11.4 (x86_64) Kernel 2.6.37.6-0.7-desktop
up 8 days 3:45, 3 users, load average: 0.19, 0.22, 0.20
GPU GeForce 8600 GTS Silent - Driver Version: 280.13

Thanks, Malcolm.


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