Medium severity · published Jul 18, 2011
CVE-2010-4655
net/core/ethtool.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 does not initialize certain data structures, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel…
5.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
net/core/ethtool.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 does not initialize certain data structures, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel heap memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for an ethtool ioctl call.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 34% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
before 2.6.36 · source: NVD
ES
Esx · Vmware
4.0; 4.1 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
8.04 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4655
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-4655
git.kernel.org
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b00916b189d13a615ff05c9242201135992fcda3
Mailing List
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/24/9
Mailing List
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/3
Mailing List
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/4
Mailing List
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/5
Mailing List
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/28/1
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