CVE-2010-4655
EUVD-2010-462018.07.2011, 19:55
net/core/ethtool.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 does not initialize certain data structures, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel heap memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for an ethtool ioctl call.Enginsight
Affected Products (NVD)
| Vendor | Product | Version |
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| linux | linux_kernel | 𝑥 < 2.6.36 |
| vmware | esx | 4.0 |
| vmware | esx | 4.1 |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 8.04 |
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= Vulnerable software versions
Ubuntu Releases
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| linux |
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| linux-ec2 |
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| linux-fsl-imx51 |
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| linux-lts-backport-maverick |
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| linux-lts-backport-natty |
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| linux-mvl-dove |
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| linux-source-2.6.15 |
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| linux-ti-omap4 |
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Common Weakness Enumeration
References