Information disclosure in Linux Kernel
CVE-2009-3612
The tcf_fill_node function in net/sched/cls_api.c in the netlink subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.32-rc5, and 2.4.37.6 and earlier, does not initialize a certain tcm__pad2 structure member, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via unspecified vectors. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2005-4881.
Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (31.6th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 32nd percentile — 31.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Linux Kernel — versions 2.6.32
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 6.06, 8.04, 8.10
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 10
- openSUSE — versions 11.0
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop — versions 10
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server — versions 10
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit — versions 10
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- git.kernel.org/
- patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/35412/ (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1540.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00002.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-864-1 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/38794 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html (mailing-list, Third Party Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/14/2 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00005.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)