CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-2729
4.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-06-30
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
Description
arch/x86_64/lib/copy_user.S in the Linux kernel before 2.6.19 on some AMD64 systems does not erase destination memory locations after an exception during kernel memory copy, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (< 2.6.19)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=3022d734a54cbd2b65eea9a024564821101b4a9a%3Bhp=f0f4c3432e5e1087b3a8c0e6bd4113d3c37497ff git.kernel.org
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0508.html Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30849 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30850 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31107 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31551 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31628 Broken Link
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1630 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:174 Broken Link
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0519.html Broken Link
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0585.html Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29943 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020364 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-625-1 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=451271 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43558 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11571 Tool Signature
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=3022d734a54cbd2b65eea9a024564821101b4a9a%3Bhp=f0f4c3432e5e1087b3a8c0e6bd4113d3c37497ff git.kernel.org
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0508.html Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30849 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30850 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31107 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31551 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31628 Broken Link
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1630 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:174 Broken Link
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0519.html Broken Link
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0585.html Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29943 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020364 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-625-1 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=451271 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43558 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11571 Tool Signature