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CVE-2009-2847

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Date: August 18, 2009

The do_sigaltstack function in kernel/signal.c in Linux kernel 2.4 through 2.4.37 and 2.6 before 2.6.31-rc5, when running on 64-bit systems, does not clear certain padding bytes from a structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from the kernel stack via the sigaltstack function.

Language: C

Severity Score

6.2

Related Resources (25)

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316

Url: http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9352

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/36759

Url: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=0083fc2c50e6c5127c2802ad323adf8143ab7856

Url: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/36562

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/36136

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/36501

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/37105

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1438.html

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/05/1

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/26/2

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8405

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=515392

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2847

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/04/1

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/37471

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1243.html

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-2847

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-852-1

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2009-2847

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10637

Url: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg01256.html

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2009-2847

Severity Score

6.2

Weakness Type (CWE)

Insufficient Information

NVD-CWE-noinfo

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	6.2
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.9
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE
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CVE-2009-2847

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Date: August 18, 2009

Language: C

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Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

CVSS v3.1

CVSS v2

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