Information exposure in Linux kernel - CVE-2005-3276
Published: October 21, 2005 / Updated: October 19, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU99918
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-2005-3276
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 sys_get_thread_area function in process.c in Linux 2.6 before 2.6.12.4 and 2.6.13 does not clear a data structure before copying it to userspace, which might allow a user process to obtain sensitive information.
How to mitigate CVE-2005-3276
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset@42e81864gSEM90Oun0jA8dufpM3inw
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/8/3/36
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17826
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18056
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18510
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19252
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922
- http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=71ae18ec690953e9ba7107c7cc44589c2cc0d9f1
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:218
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:220
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0101.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0144.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428028/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428058/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15527
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9748
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/219-1/