CVE-2010-2942

CWE-401 — Memory Leak12 documents6 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUM
EPSS
0.1%
top 80.60%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
13
Linux Linux KernelAvaya Aura Communication ManagerAvaya Aura Presence Services+10 more
Timeline
PublishedSep 21
Latest updateMay 13

Description

The actions implementation in the network queueing functionality in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc2 does not properly initialize certain structure members when performing dump operations, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory via vectors related to (1) the tcf_gact_dump function in net/sched/act_gact.c, (2) the tcf_mirred_dump function in net/sched/act_mirred.c, (3) the tcf_nat_dump function in net/sched/act_nat.c, (4) the tcf_simp_dump functi…

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages12 packages

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel2.6.35.13+1
▶NVDavaya/iq5.0, 5.1+1
▶NVDvmware/esx4.0, 4.1+1

Also affects: Ubuntu Linux 10.04, 10.10, 6.06, 8.04, 9.04, 9.10

Patches

Patch: patchwork.ozlabs.org ↗Patch: www.openwall.com ↗Patch: www.openwall.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-57r8-mcj9-q86m: The actions implementation in the network queueing functionality in the Linux kernel before 2↗2022-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2010-2942: The actions implementation in the network queueing functionality in the Linux kernel before 2↗2010-09-21
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📋Vendor Advisories

7
Ubuntu
Linux Kernel vulnerabilities (Marvell Dove)↗2011-03-25
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2011-03-03
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2011-02-28
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2011-02-25
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2010-10-19
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2010-3477 kernel: net/sched/act_police.c infoleak↗2010-09-22
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Bugzilla
CVE-2010-2942 kernel: net sched: fix some kernel memory leaks↗2010-08-18
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CVE-2010-2942 (MEDIUM CVSS 5.5) | The actions implementation in the n | cvebase.io