Information exposure in Linux kernel - CVE-2009-2910
Published: October 20, 2009 / Updated: February 13, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU92649
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:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2009-2910
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit 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-2009-2910
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36927
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.31.4
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-October/msg00483.html
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125444390112831&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125442304214452&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37075
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=526788
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/10/1/164
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125511635004768&w=2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36576
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1540.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/02/1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00007.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00005.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37351
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1671.html
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0046.html
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0095.html
- http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100073666
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00005.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-864-1
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7359
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10823
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/x86/linux-2.6-tip.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=24e35800cdc4350fc34e2bed37b608a9e13ab3b6