CVE-2010-3875

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2010-10-31
Bugzilla:
649713: CVE-2010-3875 kernel: net/ax25/af_ax25.c: reading uninitialized stack memory

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The ax25_getname function in net/ax25/af_ax25.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc2 does not initialize a certain structure, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory by reading a copy of this structure.

Find out more about CVE-2010-3875 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

This issue did not affect the version of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 4, 5, and Red Hat Enterprise MRG as they did not include
support for Amateur Radio AX.25 protocol.

This issue is not planned to be fixed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, due to
this product being in Extended Life Cycle Phase of its maintenance life-cycle,
where only qualified security errata of critical impact are addressed.

For further information about the Errata Support Policy, visit:
http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/errata

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 1.9
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None

Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank Vasiliy Kulikov of Openwall for reporting this issue.

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