Multiple buffer overflows in fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c in the XDR implementation in the NFS server in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34-rc6 allow…

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c in the XDR implementation in the NFS server in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34-rc6 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted NFSv4 compound WRITE request, related to the read_buf and nfsd4_decode_compound functions.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

9.0% · top 4.7% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-119 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-119 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (20)

• RHSA-2010:0610 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• RHSA-2010:0893 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• USN-1000-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20100707 CVE request - kernel: nfsd4: bug in read_buf (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• RHSA-2010:0606 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• MDVSA-2010:198 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• RHSA-2010:0907 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=612028 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2010:040 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• MDVSA-2011:051 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 43315 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• DSA-2094 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2bc3c1179c781b359d4f2f3439cb3df72afc17fc (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 1024286 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 42249 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• ADV-2010-3050 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 20110211 VMSA-2011-0003 Third party component updates for VMware vCenter Server, vCenter Update Manager, ESXi and ESX (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/v2.6.34/ChangeLog-2.6.34-rc6 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20100708 Re: CVE request - kernel: nfsd4: bug in read_buf (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 02:39 UTC.