CVE - CVE-2010-4655

CVE-ID
CVE-2010-4655	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE 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.
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:45972 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45972 MISC:46397 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/46397 MISC:USN-1146-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1146-1 MISC:[linux-kernel] 20101007 [PATCH] net: clear heap allocations for privileged ethtool actions URL:https://lkml.org/lkml/2010/10/7/297 MISC:[oss-security] 20110124 CVE request: linux kernel heap issues URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/24/9 MISC:[oss-security] 20110124 Re: CVE request: linux kernel heap issues URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/3 MISC:[oss-security] 20110125 Re: CVE request: linux kernel heap issues URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/4 MISC:[oss-security] 20110125 Re: CVE request: linux kernel heap issues URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/5 MISC:[oss-security] 20110128 Re: CVE request: linux kernel heap issues URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/28/1 MISC:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b00916b189d13a615ff05c9242201135992fcda3 URL:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b00916b189d13a615ff05c9242201135992fcda3 MISC:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36 URL:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36 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=672428 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=672428
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20110103	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.
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Assigned (20110103)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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