5.1 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
2.1 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
9.6%
The rds_recvmsg function in net/rds/recv.c in the Linux kernel before 3.0.44 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a (1) recvfrom or (2) recvmsg system call on an RDS socket.
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=06b6a1cf6e776426766298d055bb3991957d90a7
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1323.html
secunia.com/advisories/50633
secunia.com/advisories/50732
secunia.com/advisories/50811
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.0.44
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/26/5
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1567-1
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1568-1
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1572-1
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1575-1
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1577-1
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1578-1
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1579-1
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1580-1
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=820039
github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/06b6a1cf6e776426766298d055bb3991957d90a7
www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2012/suse-su-20121679-1.html