CVE - CVE-2010-3877

CVE-ID
CVE-2010-3877	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The get_name function in net/tipc/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc2 does not initialize a certain structure, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory by reading a copy of this structure.
References
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MISC:20111013 VMSA-2011-0012 VMware ESXi and ESX updates to third party libraries and ESX Service Console URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded MISC:42884 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/42884 MISC:44630 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44630 MISC:46397 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/46397 MISC:DSA-2126 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126 MISC:MDVSA-2011:029 URL:~~http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:RHSA-2011:0017 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0017.html MISC:[netdev] 20101031 [PATCH 3/3] net: tipc: fix information leak to userland URL:http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=128854507420917&w=2 MISC:[oss-security] 20101102 CVE request: kernel stack infoleaks URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/02/7 MISC:[oss-security] 20101104 Re: CVE request: kernel stack infoleaks URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/04/5 MISC:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=88f8a5e3e7defccd3925cabb1ee4d3994e5cdb52 URL:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=88f8a5e3e7defccd3925cabb1ee4d3994e5cdb52 MISC:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc2 URL:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc2 MISC:http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html URL:http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=649717 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=649717 MISC:kernel-getname-info-disc(64578) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64578
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20101008	Disclaimer: The record 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.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20101008)
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