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CVE-2009-3228

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Date: October 19, 2009

The tc_fill_tclass function in net/sched/sch_api.c in the tc subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.4.x before 2.4.37.6 and 2.6.x before 2.6.31-rc9 does not initialize certain (1) tcm__pad1 and (2) tcm__pad2 structure members, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via unspecified vectors.

Language: C

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Related Resources (29)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/06/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/05/2
http://secunia.com/advisories/38834
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.4.37.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=096ed17f20affc2db0e307658c69b67433992a7a
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/03/1
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:198
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.37.6
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=520990
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023073
http://secunia.com/advisories/38794
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-864-1
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2009-3228
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/17/1
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1522.html
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1540.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/17/9
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/v2.6.31/ChangeLog-2.6.31-rc9
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3228
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=16ebb5e0b36ceadc8186f71d68b0c4fa4b6e781b
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-3228
http://secunia.com/advisories/37084
http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/32830/
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1548.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9409
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6757
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/07/2
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2009-3228

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Information Leak / Disclosure

CWE-200

Missing Initialization of Resource

CWE-909

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): LOW
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): NONE
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