CVE-2010-4655

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 5
Modified
Published: 18 Jul 2011, 19:00
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 03:51

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
22/100
CVSS Score
5.5 MEDIUM
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.05% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

18 Jul 2011, 19:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 03:51
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

net/core/ethtool.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 does not initialize certain data structures, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel heap memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for an ethtool ioctl call.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • v2.0•LOW•Score: 2.1AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.05%• Percentile: 17%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-665•Improper Initialization

    The product does not initialize or incorrectly initializes a resource, which might leave the resource in an unexpected state when it is accessed or used.

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    8.04

  • linux•linux_kernel

    < 2.6.36

  • vmware•esx

    4.0 | 4.1

References (14)