CVE-2009-3228
2.1 Low
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack 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
6.5 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
10.3%
The tc_fill_tclass function in net/sched/sch_api.c in the tc subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.4.x before 2.4.37.6 and 2.6.x before 2.6.31-rc9 does not initialize certain (1) tcm__pad1 and (2) tcm__pad2 structure members, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via unspecified vectors.
Affected configurations
References
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.4.37.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=096ed17f20affc2db0e307658c69b67433992a7a
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=16ebb5e0b36ceadc8186f71d68b0c4fa4b6e781b
lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html
patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/32830/
secunia.com/advisories/37084
secunia.com/advisories/38794
secunia.com/advisories/38834
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.37.6
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/v2.6.31/ChangeLog-2.6.31-rc9
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:198
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/03/1
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/05/2
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/06/2
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/07/2
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/17/1
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/17/9
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1522.html
www.securitytracker.com/id?1023073
www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-864-1
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=520990
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6757
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9409
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1540.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1548.html
Related
2.1 Low
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack 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
6.5 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
10.3%