CVE-2010-3876
Description
From CVE.org
net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc2 does not properly initialize certain structure members, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_RAW capability to read copies of the applicable structures.
Statement
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.
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Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details
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CVSS v2 Score Breakdown
| Red Hat | NVD | cve.org | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 1.9 | 1.9 | N/A |
| Attack Vector | Local | Local | N/A |
| Access Complexity | Medium | Medium | N/A |
| Authentication | None | None | N/A |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial | Partial | N/A |
| Integrity Impact | None | None | N/A |
| Availability Impact | None | None | N/A |
Vector
Red Hat: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
NVD: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank Vasiliy Kulikov (Openwall) for reporting this issue.
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