CVE-2010-3877

The get_name function in net/tipc/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc2 does not initialize a certain structure, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory by reading a copy of this structure.

CVSS v2.0 1.9 LOW

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CVSS v2.0 : LOW

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Exploitability : 3.4 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=88f8a5e3e7defccd3925cabb1ee4d3994e5cdb52
http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=128854507420917&w=2	Patch Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/02/7	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/04/5	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42884	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/46397	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126	Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc2	Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029	Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0017.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44630	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=649717	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64578	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=88f8a5e3e7defccd3925cabb1ee4d3994e5cdb52
http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=128854507420917&w=2	Patch Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/02/7	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/04/5	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42884	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/46397	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126	Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc2	Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029	Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0017.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44630	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=649717	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64578	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.37:-::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.37:rc1::::::

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 01:19

Information

Published : 2011-01-03 20:00

Updated : 2025-04-11 00:51

NVD link : CVE-2010-3877

Mitre link : CVE-2010-3877

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2010-3877

JSON object : View

Products Affected

debian

debian_linux

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

CWE-909

Missing Initialization of Resource

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