CVE-2010-3877
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 2
Downstream
Modified
Published: 03 Jan 2011, 19:26
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 03:26
Vulnerability Summary
Overall Risk (default)
minimal
8/100 CVSS Score
1.9 LOW
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.11% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected
Timeline
03 Jan 2011, 19:26
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 03:26
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated
Description
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 Metrics
- v2.0•LOW•Score: 1.9AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 0.11%• Percentile: 29%
Techniques & Countermeasures
- CWE-909•Missing Initialization of Resource
The product does not initialize a critical resource.
Affected Systems
- debian•debian_linux
5.0
- linux•linux_kernel
< 2.6.37 | 2.6.37 | 2.6.37:rc1
References (15)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64578
- 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://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc2
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/04/5
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=128854507420917&w=2
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/02/7
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=649717
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42884
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=88f8a5e3e7defccd3925cabb1ee4d3994e5cdb52
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44630
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126