CVE-2010-4655

CVE Details

Release Date:

2011-07-18

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.

See more information about CVE-2010-4655 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:	1.2	Base Metrics:	AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	High
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-2011-0263	2011-02-23
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (ocfs2-2.6.9-100.EL)	ELSA-2011-0263	2011-02-23
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (oracleasm-2.6.9-100.EL)	ELSA-2011-0263	2011-02-23
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2011-0303	2011-03-02
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2011-2014	2011-04-14
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-238.5.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2011-0303	2011-03-02
Oracle Linux version 5 (ofa-2.6.32-100.28.11.el5)	ELSA-2011-2014	2011-04-14
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-238.5.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2011-0303	2011-03-02
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel)	ELSA-2011-0421	2011-04-07
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2011-2014	2011-04-14

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