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CVE-2010-4073

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Date: November 29, 2010

The ipc subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc1 does not initialize certain structures, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via vectors related to the (1) compat_sys_semctl, (2) compat_sys_msgctl, and (3) compat_sys_shmctl functions in ipc/compat.c; and the (4) compat_sys_mq_open and (5) compat_sys_mq_getsetattr functions in ipc/compat_mq.c.

Language: C

Severity Score

2.9

Related Resources (38)

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/43291

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-4073

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/42890

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/25/3

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:051

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/46397

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/07/1

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00000.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.html

Url: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=03145beb455cf5c20a761e8451e30b8a74ba58d9

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0162.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4073

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/42778

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/42932

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=648658

Url: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc1

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45073

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0012

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00004.html

Url: http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/10/6/492

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded

Url: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html

Url: http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8366

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0017.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/42963

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0124

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0168

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/42884

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2010-4073

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2010-4073

Severity Score

2.9

Weakness Type (CWE)

Information Leak / Disclosure

CWE-200

Top Fix

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	2.9
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	LOW
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	1.9
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE
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CVE-2010-4073

Good to know:

Date: November 29, 2010

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (38)

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Top Fix

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CVSS v2

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