NVD

CVE-2010-2955 Detail

Modified

This vulnerability has been modified since it was last analyzed by the NVD. It is awaiting reanalysis which may result in further changes to the information provided.

Description

The cfg80211_wext_giwessid function in net/wireless/wext-compat.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc3-next-20100831 does not properly initialize certain structure members, which allows local users to leverage an off-by-one error in the ioctl_standard_iw_point function in net/wireless/wext-core.c, and obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel heap memory, via vectors involving an SIOCGIWESSID ioctl call that specifies a large buffer size.

Metrics

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

N/A

NVD assessment not yet provided.

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

Base Score: N/A

NVD assessment not yet provided.

CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology

NIST: NVD

Base Score: 2.1 LOW

Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink	Resource
http://forums.grsecurity.net/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2290	Third Party Advisory
http://forums.grsecurity.net/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2290	Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=42da2f948d949efd0111309f5827bf0298bcc9a4
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=42da2f948d949efd0111309f5827bf0298bcc9a4
http://grsecurity.net/~spender/wireless-infoleak-fix2.patch	Broken Link
http://grsecurity.net/~spender/wireless-infoleak-fix2.patch	Broken Link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00000.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00000.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/27/413	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/27/413	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/30/127	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/30/127	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/30/146	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/30/146	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/30/351	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/30/351	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/41245	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/41245	Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/next/patch-v2.6.36-rc3-next-20100831.bz2	Broken Link
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/next/patch-v2.6.36-rc3-next-20100831.bz2	Broken Link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/31/1	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/31/1	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0771.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0771.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0842.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0842.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42885	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42885	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=628434	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=628434	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-193	Off-by-one Error	NIST

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Change History

5 change records found show changes

CVE Modified by CVE 11/20/2024 8:17:43 PM

Action	Type	New Value
Added	Reference	http://forums.grsecurity.net/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2290
Added	Reference	http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=42da2f948d949efd0111309f5827bf0298bcc9a4
Added	Reference	http://grsecurity.net/~spender/wireless-infoleak-fix2.patch
Added	Reference	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00000.html
Added	Reference	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html
Added	Reference	http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/27/413
Added	Reference	http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/30/127
Added	Reference	http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/30/146
Added	Reference	http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/30/351
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/41245
Added	Reference	http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/next/patch-v2.6.36-rc3-next-20100831.bz2
Added	Reference	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/31/1
Added	Reference	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0771.html
Added	Reference	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0842.html
Added	Reference	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42885
Added	Reference	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1
Added	Reference	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298
Added	Reference	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=628434

Reanalysis by NIST 8/14/2020 9:52:31 AM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	CVSS V2		NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Removed	CVSS V2	NIST (AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Added	CWE		NIST CWE-193
Removed	CWE	NIST CWE-189
Changed	CPE Configuration	Record truncated, showing 500 of 25408 characters. View Entire Change Record OR cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.1::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.2::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.3::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.4::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.5::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.6::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.7::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.8:::::::	OR cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::* versions up to (excluding) 2.6.36 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.36:-::::::* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.36:rc1::::::* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.36:rc2::::::*
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06::::::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04::::-:::* cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.04::::::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10::::::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04::::-:::* cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.10:::::::
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.1::::::: cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:-::::::* cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_real_time_extension:11:sp1::::::* cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:-::::::*
Changed	Reference Type	http://forums.grsecurity.net/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2290 No Types Assigned	http://forums.grsecurity.net/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2290 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-2.6.git;a=commit;h=42da2f948d949efd0111309f5827bf0298bcc9a4 No Types Assigned	http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-2.6.git;a=commit;h=42da2f948d949efd0111309f5827bf0298bcc9a4 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://grsecurity.net/~spender/wireless-infoleak-fix2.patch Patch	http://grsecurity.net/~spender/wireless-infoleak-fix2.patch Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00000.html No Types Assigned	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00000.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html No Types Assigned	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/27/413 No Types Assigned	http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/27/413 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/30/127 No Types Assigned	http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/30/127 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/30/146 No Types Assigned	http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/30/146 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/30/351 No Types Assigned	http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/30/351 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/41245 Vendor Advisory	http://secunia.com/advisories/41245 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/next/patch-v2.6.36-rc3-next-20100831.bz2 Patch	http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/next/patch-v2.6.36-rc3-next-20100831.bz2 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/31/1 No Types Assigned	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/31/1 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0771.html No Types Assigned	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0771.html Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0842.html No Types Assigned	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0842.html Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42885 No Types Assigned	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42885 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1 No Types Assigned	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298 No Types Assigned	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=628434 No Types Assigned	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=628434 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2010-2955
NVD Published Date:
09/08/2010
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.

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CVE-2010-2955 Detail

Description

Metrics

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Weakness Enumeration

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

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Change History

CVE Modified by CVE 11/20/2024 8:17:43 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 5/13/2024 10:20:31 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 2/12/2023 11:21:26 PM

Reanalysis by NIST 8/14/2020 9:52:31 AM

Initial CVE Analysis 9/09/2010 12:26:00 PM

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