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CVE-2010-3877 Detail

Current Description

The get_name function in net/tipc/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc2 does not initialize a certain structure, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory by reading a copy of this structure.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=88f8a5e3e7defccd3925cabb1ee4d3994e5cdb52 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=128854507420917&w=2 Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/02/7 Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/04/5 Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc2 Broken Link 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0017.html Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44630 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=649717 Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64578 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-909 Missing Initialization of Resource cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2010-3877
NVD Published Date:
01/03/2011
NVD Last Modified:
08/13/2020
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.