Upstream information

CVE-2010-4079 at MITRE

Description

The ivtvfb_ioctl function in drivers/media/video/ivtv/ivtvfb.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc8 does not properly initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via an FBIOGET_VBLANK ioctl call.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having low severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 1.9
Vector AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 642313 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 kernel-source Not affected
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE kernel-source Not affected
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 kernel-default Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 kernel-source Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1-LTSS kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Business All-in-One 11 SP1 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Business All-in-One 11 SP1 kernel-source Not affected

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Jul 9 17:53:31 2013
CVE page last modified: Tue Dec 17 15:28:12 2024