CVE-2010-4072: Infoleak
First published: Mon Nov 01 2010(Updated: )
Description of problem: The old shm interface allows unprivileged users to read uninitialized stack memory, because shmid_ds structure declared on the stack is not altered or zeroed before being copied back to the user. Reference: <a href="http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/07/1">http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/07/1</a> <a href="http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/10/6/454">http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/10/6/454</a> Acknowledgements: Red Hat would like to thank Vasiliy Kulikov of Openwall and Kees Cook for reporting this issue.
Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| debian/linux-2.6 | ||
| Linux Linux kernel | <2.6.37 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.37 | |
| openSUSE openSUSE | =11.3 | |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop | =10-sp3 | |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop | =11-sp1 | |
| Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension | =11-sp1 | |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server | =9 | |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server | =10-sp3 | |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server | =11-sp1 | |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit | =10-sp3 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =5.0 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =6.06 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =9.10 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =10.04 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =10.10 |
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Reference Links
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/10/6/454
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/07/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/25/3
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=3af54c9bd9e6f14f896aac1bb0e8405ae0bc7a44
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=648656
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45054
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0162.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1041-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42778
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42758
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42932
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42963
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0012
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0070
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0124
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0168
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0017.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42884
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42890
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1057-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43161
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43291
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0280
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:051
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2010-4072
- http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/errata
- http://git.kernel.org/linus/3af54c9bd9e6f14f896aac1bb0e8405ae0bc7a44
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0017.html
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0162.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-4072
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3af54c9bd9e6f14f896aac1bb0e8405ae0bc7a44
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-4072
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4072
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-4072
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