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CVE-2009-2847 Detail

Description

The do_sigaltstack function in kernel/signal.c in Linux kernel 2.4 through 2.4.37 and 2.6 before 2.6.31-rc5, when running on 64-bit systems, does not clear certain padding bytes from a structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from the kernel stack via the sigaltstack function.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (09/15/2009)

This issue has been rated as having moderate security impact. It was addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG: http://rhn.redhat.com/cve/CVE-2009-2847.html This issue is not planned to be fixed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, due to this product being in Production 3 of its maintenance life-cycle, where only qualified security errata of important or critical impact are addressed. For further information about Errata Support Policy, visit: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/errata/

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=0083fc2c50e6c5127c2802ad323adf8143ab7856 CVE, MITRE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1243.html CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/36136 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/36501 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/36562 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/36759 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/37105 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/37471 CVE, MITRE
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9352 CVE, MITRE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/04/1 CVE, MITRE Patch 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/05/1 CVE, MITRE Patch 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/26/2 CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1438.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-852-1 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316 CVE, MITRE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=515392 CVE, MITRE Patch 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10637 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8405 CVE, MITRE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg01256.html CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo Insufficient Information cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-2847
NVD Published Date:
08/18/2009
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE