low
2.1
CWE
200
Advisory Published
CVE Published
Updated

CVE-2009-3612: Infoleak

First published: Thu Oct 08 2009(Updated: )

Quote from <a href="http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/35412/">http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/35412/</a>: Commit 9ef1d4c7c7aca1cd436612b6ca785b726ffb8ed8 introduced a typo in initialization.

Credit: secalert@redhat.com

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
redhat/kernel-rt<0:2.6.24.7-137.el5
0:2.6.24.7-137.el5
redhat/kernel<0:2.6.18-164.9.1.el5
0:2.6.18-164.9.1.el5
Linux Kernel<=2.4.37.6
Linux Kernel>=2.6.0<2.6.32
Linux Kernel=2.6.32
Linux Kernel=2.6.32-rc1
Linux Kernel=2.6.32-rc2
Linux Kernel=2.6.32-rc3
Linux Kernel=2.6.32-rc4
openSUSE=11.0
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop=10-sp2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop=10-sp3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server=10-sp2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server=10-sp3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit=10-sp2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit=10-sp3
Ubuntu=6.06
Ubuntu=8.04
Ubuntu=8.10
Ubuntu=9.04
Ubuntu=9.10
Red Hat Fedora=10

Remedy

http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/35412/

Remedy

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=528868

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is the severity of CVE-2009-3612?

    CVE-2009-3612 is classified as a medium severity vulnerability due to its potential impact on the Linux kernel's netlink subsystem.

  • How do I fix CVE-2009-3612?

    To fix CVE-2009-3612, you should update your Linux kernel to a version that is patched against this vulnerability.

  • Which Linux distributions are affected by CVE-2009-3612?

    CVE-2009-3612 affects various distributions including certain versions of Red Hat, openSUSE, SUSE Linux Enterprise, and Ubuntu.

  • What does CVE-2009-3612 exploit?

    CVE-2009-3612 exploits a typo in the initialization of the tcf_fill_node function within the netlink subsystem of the Linux kernel.

  • What versions of the Linux kernel are impacted by CVE-2009-3612?

    CVE-2009-3612 impacts Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.32 and certain 2.6.x versions including those specified in the advisory.

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