CVE-2010-4073

Public Exploit

Description

The ipc subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc1 does not initialize certain structures, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via vectors related to the (1) compat_sys_semctl, (2) compat_sys_msgctl, and (3) compat_sys_shmctl functions in ipc/compat.c; and the (4) compat_sys_mq_open and (5) compat_sys_mq_getsetattr functions in ipc/compat_mq.c.

Category

1.9
CVSS
Severity: Low
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.72% Top 30%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory debian.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45073 vdb entry third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42778 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded mailing list vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0017.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/46397 third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00000.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42932 third party advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=648658 issue tracking 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=03145beb455cf5c20a761e8451e30b8a74ba58d9
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0124 vdb entry third party advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8366 third party advisory exploit
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00004.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:051 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/07/1 mailing list third party advisory patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/42963 third party advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc1 broken link
http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/10/6/492 mailing list third party advisory patch
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42884 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375 vdb entry 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/2011/0012 vdb entry third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0168 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/25/3 mailing list third party advisory patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/43291 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-2010-4073?
CVE-2010-4073 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-4073?
To fix CVE-2010-4073, 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-2010-4073 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2010-4073 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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