Information disclosure in Linux kernel - CVE-2010-4525
Published: January 11, 2011 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU45473
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-4525
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
Linux kernel 2.6.33 and 2.6.34.y does not initialize the kvm_vcpu_events->interrupt.pad structure member, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via unspecified vectors.
How to mitigate CVE-2010-4525
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://osvdb.org/70377
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42890
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/05/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/05/9
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/06/3
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0028.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45676
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0123
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2010-4525
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64519