Denial of Service Vulnerability in Linux Kernel Econet Module

CVE-2010-4342 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

The aun_incoming function in net/econet/af_econet.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc6, when Econet is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) by sending an Acorn Universal Networking (AUN) packet over UDP.

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