CVE-2010-3904 vulnerability in Canonical and Other Products
Published on December 6, 2010
Known Exploited Vulnerability
This Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. Linux Kernel contains an improper input validation vulnerability in the Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) protocol implementation that allows local users to gain privileges via crafted use of the sendmsg and recvmsg system calls.
The following remediation steps are recommended / required by June 2, 2023: The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2010-3904 is exploitable with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. This vulnerability is known to be actively exploited by threat actors. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
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Exploit Probability
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