CVEvulnerability
CVE-2010-4210
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2010-11-22
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-667
Description
The pfs_getextattr function in FreeBSD 7.x before 7.3-RELEASE and 8.x before 8.0-RC1 unlocks a mutex that was not previously locked, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic), overwrite arbitrary memory locations, and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to opening a file on a file system that uses pseudofs.
Affected configurations
• freebsd freebsd (>= 7.0 < 7.3)
• freebsd freebsd 8.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-667 Improper Locking weakness
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42200 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-10:09.pseudofs.asc Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024724 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2956 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/63218 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15206/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42200 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-10:09.pseudofs.asc Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024724 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2956 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/63218 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15206/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry