CVE-2010-2891

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2010-10-20
Bugzilla:
647520: CVE-2010-2891 libsmi: buffer overflow in smiGetNode can lead to arbitrary code execution

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Buffer overflow in the smiGetNode function in lib/smi.c in libsmi 0.4.8 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Object Identifier (aka OID) represented as a numerical string containing many components separated by . (dot) characters.

Find out more about CVE-2010-2891 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 5.4
Base Metrics AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Adjacent Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libsmi Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 libsmi Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 libsmi Will not fix

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