PT-2011-1445 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Vasiliy Kulikov · Published 2011-01-03 · Updated 2023-02-13 · CVE-2010-3875

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.37-rc2

Description The issue concerns the ax25 getname function in the Linux kernel, which fails to initialize a certain structure. This allows local users to potentially obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory by reading a copy of the structure.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.6.37-rc2, update to version 2.6.37-rc2 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-3875

DSA-2126-1

DSA-2240-1

DSA-2264-1

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 11

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-3875 · Security Note
• http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=128854507120898&w=2 · Patch
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:051 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=649713 · Patch
• http://debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/02/7 · Patch
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/04/5 · Patch
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/44630 · Note
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fe10ae53384e48c51996941b7720ee16995cbcb7 · Note
• http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc2 · Note