CVE-2010-4083

CVE Details

Release Date:

2010-11-30

Description

The copy_semid_to_user function in ipc/sem.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 does not initialize a certain structure, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a (1) IPC_INFO, (2) SEM_INFO, (3) IPC_STAT, or (4) SEM_STAT command in a semctl system call.

See more information about CVE-2010-4083 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 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 network	Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (kernel)	ELSA-2011-0162	2011-01-18
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (ocfs2-2.6.9-89.35.1.0.1.EL)	ELSA-2011-0162	2011-01-18
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (oracleasm-2.6.9-89.35.1.0.1.EL)	ELSA-2011-0162	2011-01-18
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2011-0004	2011-01-04
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-194.32.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2011-0004	2011-01-04
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-194.32.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2011-0004	2011-01-04
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel)	ELSA-2011-0007	2011-02-12

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