Upstream information
Description
The Linux kernel before 2.6.31-rc7 does not initialize certain data structures within getname functions, which allows local users to read the contents of some kernel memory locations by calling getsockname on (1) an AF_APPLETALK socket, related to the atalk_getname function in net/appletalk/ddp.c; (2) an AF_IRDA socket, related to the irda_getname function in net/irda/af_irda.c; (3) an AF_ECONET socket, related to the econet_getname function in net/econet/af_econet.c; (4) an AF_NETROM socket, related to the nr_getname function in net/netrom/af_netrom.c; (5) an AF_ROSE socket, related to the rose_getname function in net/rose/af_rose.c; or (6) a raw CAN socket, related to the raw_getname function in net/can/raw.c.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Resolved
This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.
National Vulnerability Database | |
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Base Score | 4.9 |
Vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N |
Access Vector | Local |
Access Complexity | Low |
Authentication | None |
Confidentiality Impact | Complete |
Integrity Impact | None |
Availability Impact | None |
Note from the SUSE Security Team on the kernel-default package
SUSE will no longer fix all CVEs in the Linux Kernel anymore, but declare some bug classes as won't fix. Please refer to TID 21496 for more details. SUSE Bugzilla entries: 534372 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 535707 [RESOLVED / DUPLICATE]SUSE Security Advisories:
- SUSE-SA:2009:051, published Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:00:00 +0000
- SUSE-SA:2009:054, published Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:00:00 +0000
- SUSE-SA:2009:056, published Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:00:00 +0000
- SUSE-SA:2010:012, published Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:00:00 +0000
List of released packages
Product(s) | Fixed package version(s) | References |
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 |
| Patchnames: slessp0-kernel |
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 07:00:06 2013CVE page last modified: Tue Jul 16 11:11:04 2024