CVE - CVE-2010-3861

CVE-ID
CVE-2010-3861	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The ethtool_get_rxnfc function in net/core/ethtool.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 does not initialize a certain block of heap memory, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information via an ETHTOOL_GRXCLSRLALL ethtool command with a large info.rule_cnt value, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-2478.
References
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MLIST:[oss-security] 20101025 CVE request: kernel: heap contents leak from ETHTOOL_GRXCLSRLALL URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/25/4 MLIST:[oss-security] 20101026 Re: CVE request: kernel: heap contents leak from ETHTOOL_GRXCLSRLALL URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/26/1 CONFIRM:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=ae6df5f96a51818d6376da5307d773baeece4014 CONFIRM:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=646725 REDHAT:RHSA-2010:0958 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html REDHAT:RHSA-2011:0007 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html SUSE:SUSE-SA:2011:001 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00000.html SUSE:SUSE-SA:2011:002 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00001.html SUSE:SUSE-SA:2011:004 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.html SUSE:SUSE-SA:2011:007 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html UBUNTU:USN-1041-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1041-1 BID:44427 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44427 SECUNIA:42778 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/42778 SECUNIA:42801 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/42801 SECUNIA:42758 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/42758 SECUNIA:42932 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/42932 SECUNIA:42890 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/42890 VUPEN:ADV-2011-0012 URL:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0012 VUPEN:ADV-2011-0070 URL:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0070 VUPEN:ADV-2011-0124 URL:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0124 VUPEN:ADV-2011-0298 URL:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298
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Date Entry Created
20101008	Disclaimer: The entry creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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Assigned (20101008)
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