Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:24042Information Leakage
5.4 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C
The kernel packages is vulnerable to an information leakage. A flaw was found in the print_fatal_signal() implementation in the Linux kernel. When “/proc/sys/kernel/print-fatal-signals” is set to 1 (the default value is 0), memory that is reachable by the kernel could be leaked to user-space. This issue could also result in a system crash. Note that this flaw only affected the i386 architecture.
References
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b45c6e76bc2c72f6426c14bed64fdcbc9bf37cb0
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b45c6e76bc2c72f6426c14bed64fdcbc9bf37cb0
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-January/034250.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00002.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00005.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00000.html
patchwork.kernel.org/patch/69752/
secunia.com/advisories/38333
secunia.com/advisories/38492
secunia.com/advisories/38779
secunia.com/advisories/39033
secunia.com/advisories/43315
www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1996
www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2005
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.32.4
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/12/1
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/13/4
www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0147.html
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0161.html
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com/bid/37724
www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0147
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=554578
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10550
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0146.html
Related
5.4 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C