CVE-2010-2955

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 4
Modified
Published: 08 Sept 2010, 19:00
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 02:55

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
minimal
8/100
CVSS Score
2.1 LOW
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.09% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

08 Sept 2010, 19:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 02:55
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The cfg80211_wext_giwessid function in net/wireless/wext-compat.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc3-next-20100831 does not properly initialize certain structure members, which allows local users to leverage an off-by-one error in the ioctl_standard_iw_point function in net/wireless/wext-core.c, and obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel heap memory, via vectors involving an SIOCGIWESSID ioctl call that specifies a large buffer size.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•LOW•Score: 2.1AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.09%• Percentile: 26%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-193•Off-by-one Error

    A product calculates or uses an incorrect maximum or minimum value that is 1 more, or 1 less, than the correct value.

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    6.06 | 8.04 | 9.04 | 9.10 | 10.04 | 10.10

  • linux•linux_kernel

    < 2.6.36 | 2.6.36 | 2.6.36:rc1 | 2.6.36:rc2

  • opensuse•opensuse

    11.1

  • suse•linux_enterprise_desktop

    11

  • suse•linux_enterprise_real_time_extension

    11:sp1

  • suse•linux_enterprise_server

    11

References (18)