5.5
CVSSv3

CVE-2010-2942

Published: 21/09/2010 Updated: 13/02/2023
CVSS v2 Base Score: 2.1 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
CVSS v3 Base Score: 5.5 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 1.8
VMScore: 187
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Summary

The actions implementation in the network queueing functionality in the Linux kernel prior to 2.6.36-rc2 does not properly initialize certain structure members when performing dump operations, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory via vectors related to (1) the tcf_gact_dump function in net/sched/act_gact.c, (2) the tcf_mirred_dump function in net/sched/act_mirred.c, (3) the tcf_nat_dump function in net/sched/act_nat.c, (4) the tcf_simp_dump function in net/sched/act_simple.c, and (5) the tcf_skbedit_dump function in net/sched/act_skbedit.c.

Vulnerability Trend

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linux linux kernel 2.6.36

linux linux kernel

canonical ubuntu linux 10.10

canonical ubuntu linux 9.04

canonical ubuntu linux 9.10

canonical ubuntu linux 10.04

canonical ubuntu linux 8.04

canonical ubuntu linux 6.06

opensuse opensuse 11.1

opensuse opensuse 11.3

suse suse linux enterprise server 11

suse suse linux enterprise desktop 11

suse suse linux enterprise server 10

suse suse linux enterprise desktop 10

avaya aura system manager 6.0

avaya aura system manager 5.2

avaya aura communication manager 5.2

avaya voice portal 5.1

avaya voice portal 5.0

avaya aura system platform 1.1

avaya aura system platform 6.0

avaya aura system manager 6.1

avaya aura system manager 6.1.1

avaya aura session manager 1.1

avaya aura session manager 5.2

avaya aura session manager 6.0

avaya aura presence services 6.1

avaya aura presence services 6.1.1

avaya aura presence services 6.0

avaya iq 5.1

avaya iq 5.0

vmware esx 4.1

vmware esx 4.0

Vendor Advisories

Synopsis Moderate: kernel-rt security and bug fix update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Moderate Topic Updated kernel-rt packages that fix multiple security issues and upgradethe kernel-rt kernel to version 26337-rt29 are now available for Red HatEnterprise MRG 13The Red Hat Security Response Team ha ...
Synopsis Important: kernel security and bug fix update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues and several bugsare now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as havingimportant secur ...
Synopsis Moderate: kernel security and bug fix update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Moderate Topic Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues and several bugsare now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderatesecurity ...
An attacker could send crafted input to the kernel and cause it to crash ...