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CVE-2010-4075
CVE information
Published
Last Modified
CVSSv2.0 Severity
Impact Analysis
Description
The uart_get_count function in drivers/serial/serial_core.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc1 does not properly initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a TIOCGICOUNT ioctl call..
CVSSv2.0 Score
- Severity
- Low
- Base Score
- 1.9/10
- Exploit Score
- 3.4/10
- Access Vector
- Local
- Access Complexity
- Medium
- Authentication Required
- None
- Impact Score
- 2.9/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- Partial
- Availability Impact
- None
- Integrity Impact
- None
Products Affected
CPE | Affected | Vulnerable | Excluding | Edit |
---|---|---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | 2.6.37 |
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=648660
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/25/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/06/6
- http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail//linux/kernel/1009.1/03388.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/25/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/07/1
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43806
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42963
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0162.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0168
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42884
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42890
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0017.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d281da7f