PT-2010-5664 · Linux+2 · Linux Kernel+2

Vasiliy Kulikov · Published 1970-01-01 · Updated 2023-02-13 · CVE-2010-3881

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.6

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions SUSE Linux Enterprise (affected versions not specified) Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.36.2

Description The issue involves multiple vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel and SUSE Linux Enterprise packages, including kernel-desktop-devel, btrfs-kmp-xen, and btrfs-kmp-pae. These vulnerabilities can be exploited locally, potentially leading to breaches of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of protected information. The vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel, such as the one in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c, allow local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via read operations on the /dev/kvm device.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.36.2, update to version 2.6.36.2 or later to resolve the issue. For SUSE Linux Enterprise, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-04341

BDU:2015-04342

BDU:2015-04343

CVE-2010-3881

RHSA-2010:0998

RHSA-2010_0998

RHSA-2011:0542

RHSA-2011:0883

RHSA-2011_0542

RHSA-2011_0883

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

Suse Linux Enterprise

References · 24

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-3881 · Security Note
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2011-0542.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-04343 · Security Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=649920 · Patch
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/05/4 · Patch
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-04341 · Security Note
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0998.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/04/10 · Patch
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/44666 · Patch
• http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36.2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-04342 · Security Note
• http://spinics.net/lists/kvm/msg44130.html · Patch
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1d1221f375c94ef961ba8574ac4f85c8870ddd51 · Note