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CVE-2010-4075

Date: November 29, 2010

The uart_get_count function in drivers/serial/serial_core.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc1 does not properly initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a TIOCGICOUNT ioctl call.

Language: C

Severity Score

2.9

Related Resources (24)

Url: http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail//linux/kernel/1009.1/03388.html

Url: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d281da7ff6f70efca0553c288bb883e8605b3862

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

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/06/6

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-4075

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/25/2

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/42890

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/25/3

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43806

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

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/07/1

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

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=648660

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0162.html

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0017.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/42963

Url: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc1

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4075

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0168

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2010-4075

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/42884

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2010-4075

Severity Score

2.9

Weakness Type (CWE)

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CWE-200

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	2.9
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	LOW
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	1.9
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE
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CVE-2010-4075

Date: November 29, 2010

Language: C

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CVSS v2

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