Information exposure in Linux kernel - CVE-2008-3272
Published: August 8, 2008 / Updated: February 13, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU92709
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-2008-3272
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-2008-3272
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.27-rc2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30559
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31366
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020636
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31614
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1636
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31881
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0885.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32023
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00001.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0857.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32190
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31836
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31551
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1630
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0972.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32799
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32759
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32103
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32104
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00003.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:220
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2307
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00008.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32370
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44225
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11182
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/637-1/
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=82e68f7ffec3800425f2391c8c86277606860442