CVEvulnerability
CVE-2010-3861
2.1 LOW
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2010-12-10
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
Description
The ethtool_get_rxnfc function in net/core/ethtool.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 does not initialize a certain block of heap memory, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information via an ETHTOOL_GRXCLSRLALL ethtool command with a large info.rule_cnt value, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-2478.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (< 2.6.36)
• opensuse opensuse 11.2
• opensuse opensuse 11.3
• suse linux enterprise desktop 11
• suse linux enterprise real time extension 11
• suse linux enterprise server 11
• canonical ubuntu linux 9.10
• canonical ubuntu linux 10.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 10.10
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=ae6df5f96a51818d6376da5307d773baeece4014 git.kernel.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00000.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00001.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/25/4 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/26/1 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42758 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42778 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42801 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42890 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42932 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36 Broken Link
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44427 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1041-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0012 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0070 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0124 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=646725 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ae6df5f96a51818d6376da5307d773baeece4014 git.kernel.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00000.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00001.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/25/4 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/26/1 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42758 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42778 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42801 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42890 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42932 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36 Broken Link
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44427 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1041-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0012 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0070 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0124 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=646725 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory