CVE-2010-3876

Description

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.

Category

1.9
CVSS
Severity: Low
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.06%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/42789 third party advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/02/9 mailing list third party advisory patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0024 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0004.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded mailing list vdb entry third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/46397 third party advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/02/12 third party advisory mailing list
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc2 broken link
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/04/5 mailing list third party advisory patch
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=67286640f638f5ad41a946b9a3dc75327950248f
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/02/10 mailing list third party advisory patch
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42963 third party advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=649715 issue tracking third party advisory patch
http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=128854507220908&w=2 mailing list third party advisory patch
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/02/7 mailing list third party advisory patch
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42890 third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0162.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0168 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44630 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-3876?
CVE-2010-3876 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-3876?
To fix CVE-2010-3876, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2010-3876 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2010-3876 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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