CVE-2009-3001

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 3
Modified
Published: 28 Aug 2009, 15:00
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 06:07

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
30/100
CVSS Score
4.9 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.09% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
3 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

28 Aug 2009, 15:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 06:07
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The llc_ui_getname function in net/llc/af_llc.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.31-rc7 and earlier does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to read the contents of some kernel memory locations by calling getsockname on an AF_LLC socket.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.9AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.09%• Percentile: 25%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-200•Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

    The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    6.06 | 8.04 | 8.10 | 9.04

  • linux•linux_kernel

    < 2.6.31 | 2.6.31 | 2.6.31:rc1 | 2.6.31:rc2 | 2.6.31:rc3 | 2.6.31:rc4 | 2.6.31:rc5 | 2.6.31:rc6

References (9)