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CVE-2009-3228
October 19, 2009
The tc_fill_tclass function in net/sched/sch_api.c in the tc subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.4.x before 2.4.37.6 and 2.6.x before 2.6.31-rc9 does not initialize certain (1) tcm__pad1 and (2) tcm__pad2 structure members, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via unspecified vectors.
Related Resources (27)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023073
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1548.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/05/2
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1540.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/37084
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=520990
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.37.6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/17/1
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:198
http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/32830/
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=16ebb5e0b36ceadc8186f71d68b0c4fa4b6e781b
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/07/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/17/9
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-864-1
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9409
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/v2.6.31/ChangeLog-2.6.31-rc9
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2009-3228
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/38794
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/06/2
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1522.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/38834
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/03/1
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.4.37.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=096ed17f20affc2db0e307658c69b67433992a7a
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-3228
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6757
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
5.1
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
LOW
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
4
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
CVSS v2
Base Score:
2.1
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Missing Initialization of Resource
CWE-909
EPSS
Base Score:
0.08