Information exposure in Linux kernel - CVE-2010-4158
Published: December 30, 2010 / Updated: June 20, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU92564
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-4158
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to information exposure error. A local user can gain access to sensitive information.
How to mitigate CVE-2010-4158
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514845
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514705
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44758
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651698
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36.2
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg146361.html
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2010-November/077321.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42745
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3321
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00001.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42801
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42778
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0012
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42932
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0124
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0162.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42963
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0168
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42884
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0017.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42890
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43291
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=57fe93b374a6b8711995c2d466c502af9f3a08bb