CVE-2011-0712

high

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in the caiaq Native Instruments USB audio functionality in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38-rc4-next-20110215 might allow attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long USB device name, related to (1) the snd_usb_caiaq_audio_init function in sound/usb/caiaq/audio.c and (2) the snd_usb_caiaq_midi_init function in sound/usb/caiaq/midi.c.

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=eaae55dac6b64c0616046436b294e69fc5311581

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=677881

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65461

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/16/11

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/16/12

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/16/5

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1146-1

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2011-02-18

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High