CVE-2010-4655
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5.5 · CWE-665
5.5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredLow
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/24/9 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/24/9Patch
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/3Patch
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/4Patch
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/5Patch
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/28/1Patch
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b00916b189d13a615ff05c9242201135992fcda3
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36