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CVE-2010-2942

Date: September 21, 2010

The actions implementation in the network queueing functionality in the Linux kernel before 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.

Language: C

Severity Score

5.5

Related Resources (27)

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00005.html

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2430

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42529

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0723.html

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2010-2942

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/46397

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00000.html

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0779.html

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2942

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00004.html

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0771.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00004.html

Url: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1c40be12f7d8ca1d387510d39787b12e512a7ce8

Url: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.36-rc2

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=624903

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1

Url: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/19/4

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2942

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/41512

Url: http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100113326

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/18/1

Url: http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/61857/

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2010-2942

Severity Score

5.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Resource Management Errors

CWE-399

Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

CWE-401

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.5
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	2.1
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE
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CVE-2010-2942

Date: September 21, 2010

Language: C

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