SB2010012601 - Information exposure in Linux kernel
Published: January 26, 2010
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Information exposure (CVE-ID: CVE-2010-0003)
The vulnerability allows a local user to access sensitive information or perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to information exposure error. A local user can access sensitive information or perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-January/034250.html
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.32.4
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=554578
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/12/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/13/4
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38333
- http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/69752/
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1996
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00005.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38492
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0146.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2005
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37724
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0161.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0147.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38779
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39033
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43315
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10550
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b45c6e76bc2c72f6426c14bed64fdcbc9bf37cb0