CVE-2010-4655
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.40 % · percentile 34 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- redhat
- NVD status
- Modified
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.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-665 — Improper Initialization
References
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1146-1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45972
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/24/9
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/4
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/3
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/5
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b00916b189d13a615ff05c9242201135992fcda3
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/28/1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=672428
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2010/10/7/297
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
| CVSS 2.0 | LOW 2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2010-4620
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2010-4655
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTA-2011-AVI-571 — Vulnérabilités dans VMWare ESX et ESXi · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 2.6.36cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| affected n/a |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |