CVE-2010-4655 Information

Description

net/core/ethtool.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 does not initialize certain data structures which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel heap memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for an ethtool ioctl call.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Reference

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b00916b189d13a615ff05c9242201135992fcda3 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/24/9 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/3 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/4 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/5 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/28/1 http://secunia.com/advisories/46397 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45972 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1146-1 http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=672428 https://lkml.org/lkml/2010/10/7/297

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

5.5