CVE-2010-4075
1.9 Low
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack 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
5.6 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
10.1%
The uart_get_count function in drivers/serial/serial_core.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc1 does not properly initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a TIOCGICOUNT ioctl call.
Affected configurations
References
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d281da7ff6f70efca0553c288bb883e8605b3862
lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail//linux/kernel/1009.1/03388.html
secunia.com/advisories/42884
secunia.com/advisories/42890
secunia.com/advisories/42963
secunia.com/advisories/46397
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc1
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/25/2
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/06/6
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/07/1
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/25/3
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0017.html
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0162.html
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com/bid/43806
www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0168
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=648660
Related
1.9 Low
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack 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
5.6 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
10.1%