5.6 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
1.9 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
9.3%
net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc2 does not properly initialize certain structure members, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_RAW capability to read copies of the applicable structures.
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=67286640f638f5ad41a946b9a3dc75327950248f
marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=128854507220908&w=2
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/02/10
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/02/12
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/02/7
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/02/9
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/04/5
secunia.com/advisories/42789
secunia.com/advisories/42890
secunia.com/advisories/42963
secunia.com/advisories/46397
www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc2
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0004.html
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0162.html
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com/bid/44630
www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0024
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0168
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=649715