CVE-2010-4655

CVSS V2 Low 2.1 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5
Description
net/core/ethtool.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 does not initialize certain data structures, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel heap memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for an ethtool ioctl call.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2010-4655
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2011-07-18T19:55:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2023-02-13T03:21:34
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-665 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/665.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.6.36
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 2.1
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/24/9 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lkml.org/lkml/2010/10/7/297 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/4 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/3 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/5 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45972 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=672428 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b00916b189d13a615ff05c9242201135992fcda3 Mailing List Patch Vendor Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/28/1 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/46397 Broken Link
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1146-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4655
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-4655
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:21:06 Added to TrackCVE
2023-02-13 05:04:30 2023-02-13T03:21:34 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-02-13 05:04:30 Analyzed Modified Vulnerability Status updated