CVE-2010-3881
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 3
Downstream
Modified
Published: 23 Dec 2010, 17:00
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 03:26
Vulnerability Summary
Overall Risk (default)
minimal
8/100 CVSS Score
2.1 LOW
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.07% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected
Timeline
23 Dec 2010, 17:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 03:26
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated
Description
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 does not initialize certain structure members, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via read operations on the /dev/kvm device.
CVSS Metrics
- v2.0•LOW•Score: 2.1AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 0.07%• Percentile: 23%
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
- linux•linux_kernel
< 2.6.36.2
- redhat•enterprise_linux_server
6.0
- redhat•enterprise_linux_workstation
6.0
- suse•suse_linux_enterprise_desktop
11:sp1
- suse•suse_linux_enterprise_high_availability_extension
11:sp1
- suse•suse_linux_enterprise_server
11:sp1
References (16)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.html
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/kvm/msg44130.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44666
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/05/4
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=97e69aa62f8b5d338d6cff49be09e37cc1262838
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42932
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0124
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1024912
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36.2
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=649920
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=virt/kvm/kvm.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=831d9d02f9522e739825a51a11e3bc5aa531a905
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/04/10
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0998.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3287