Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 3, 2011· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2010-3873
CVE-2010-3873
Description
The X.25 implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 does not properly parse facilities, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact via malformed (1) X25_FAC_CALLING_AE or (2) X25_FAC_CALLED_AE data, related to net/x25/x25_facilities.c and net/x25/x25_in.c, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-4164.
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Affected products
5- cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
13- www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145786.htmlnvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145873.htmlnvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00005.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/03/2nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/04/3nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/43291nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36.2nvdBroken Link
- git.kernel.orgnvd
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