INFORMATION

Name : CVE-2009-0676 First Publication : 2009-02-22
Severity : Low Last Modification : 2009-12-19

SCORING CVSS v2

Cvss Base Score : 2.1 Attack Range : Local
Cvss Impact Score : 2.9 Attack Complexity : Low
Cvss Expoit Score : 3.9 Authentification : None Required

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DETAIL

The sock_getsockopt function in net/core/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28.6 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory via an SO_BSDCOMPAT getsockopt request.



CWE COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION

CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

OVALID

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11653, The sock_getsockopt function in net/core/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28.6 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory via an SO_BSDCOMPAT getsockopt requ
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8618, VMware kernel sock_getsockopt function vulnerability

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11831, The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11414, The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5506, VMware ESX Server 4.0 is installed

CPE COMMON PLATFORM ENUMERATION


OPEN SOURCE VULNERABILTY DATABASE (OSVDB)

52633 : Linux Kernel net/core/sock.c sock_getsockopt Function SO_BSDCOMPAT getsockopt Request Local Memory Disclosure.


SECONDARY(S) SOURCE(S)


Source : BID
Url : http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33846

Source : BUGTRAQ
Url : http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded

Source : CONFIRM
Url : http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=df0bca049d01c0ee94afb7cd5dfd959541e6c8da
Url : http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/6816/
Url : http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.28.6
Url : http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
Url : https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=486305

Source : DEBIAN
Url : http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1749
Url : http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787
Url : http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1794

Source : MANDRIVA
Url : http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:071

Source : MLIST
Url : http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/2/12/123
Url : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123540732700371&w=2
Url : http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/20/1
Url : http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/24/1
Url : http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/02/6

Source : REDHAT
Url : http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0459.html
Url : http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0326.html
Url : http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0360.html

Source : SECUNIA
Url : http://secunia.com/advisories/33758
Url : http://secunia.com/advisories/34394
Url : http://secunia.com/advisories/34502
Url : http://secunia.com/advisories/34680
Url : http://secunia.com/advisories/34786
Url : http://secunia.com/advisories/34962
Url : http://secunia.com/advisories/34981
Url : http://secunia.com/advisories/35011
Url : http://secunia.com/advisories/35390
Url : http://secunia.com/advisories/35394
Url : http://secunia.com/advisories/37471

Source : SUSE
Url : http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00007.html
Url : http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00000.html
Url : http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00001.html

Source : UBUNTU
Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-751-1

Source : VUPEN
Url : http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316

Source : XF
Url : http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/48847