CVE-2010-4073
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 1.48 % · percentile 74 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- mitre
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
The ipc subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc1 does not initialize certain structures, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via vectors related to the (1) compat_sys_semctl, (2) compat_sys_msgctl, and (3) compat_sys_shmctl functions in ipc/compat.c; and the (4) compat_sys_mq_open and (5) compat_sys_mq_getsetattr functions in ipc/compat_mq.c.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-200 — Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45073
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42778
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0017.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42932
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=648658
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=03145beb455cf5c20a761e8451e30b8a74ba58d9
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0124
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8366
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00004.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:051
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/07/1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42963
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc1
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/10/6/492
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42884
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42890
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0162.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0012
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0168
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/25/3
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43291
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 2.0 | LOW 1.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2010-4049
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2010-4073
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTA-2011-AVI-571 — Vulnérabilités dans VMWare ESX et ESXi · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 2.6.37cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:10:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_real_time_extension:11:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:10:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:10:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| affected n/a |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |