CVEvulnerability
CVE-2010-0003
5.4 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2010-01-26
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.4 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
Description
The print_fatal_signal function in kernel/signal.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32.4 on the i386 platform, when print-fatal-signals is enabled, allows local users to discover the contents of arbitrary memory locations by jumping to an address and then reading a log file, and might allow local users to cause a denial of service (system slowdown or crash) by jumping to an address.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (< 2.6.32.4)
• debian debian linux 4.0
• debian debian linux 5.0
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=commit%3Bh=b45c6e76bc2c72f6426c14bed64fdcbc9bf37cb0 git.kernel.org
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-January/034250.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00002.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00005.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00000.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/69752/ Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38333 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38492 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38779 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39033 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43315 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1996 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2005 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.32.4 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/12/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/13/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0147.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0161.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37724 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=554578 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10550 Third Party Advisory
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0146.html Third Party Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b45c6e76bc2c72f6426c14bed64fdcbc9bf37cb0 git.kernel.org
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-January/034250.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00002.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00005.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00000.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/69752/ Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38333 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38492 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38779 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39033 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43315 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1996 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2005 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.32.4 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/12/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/13/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0147.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0161.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37724 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=554578 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10550 Third Party Advisory
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0146.html Third Party Advisory