Improper Handling of Syntactically Invalid Structure Affecting kernel-firmware package, versions <0:2.6.32-71.7.1.el6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-KERNELFIRMWARE-1415575
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed7 Sept 2010

Introduced: 7 Sep 2010

CVE-2010-3084  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-228  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 kernel-firmware to version 0:2.6.32-71.7.1.el6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2010:0842.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-firmware package and not the kernel-firmware package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

Buffer overflow in the niu_get_ethtool_tcam_all function in drivers/net/niu.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc4 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via the ETHTOOL_GRXCLSRLALL ethtool command.

CVSS Scores

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