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CVE-2016-4569

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Date: May 23, 2016

The snd_timer_user_params function in sound/core/timer.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6 does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via crafted use of the ALSA timer interface.

Language: C

Severity Score

5.5

Related Resources (33)

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html

Url: http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=cec8f96e49d9be372fdb0c3836dcf31ec71e457e

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1334643

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/09/17

Url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cec8f96e49d9be372fdb0c3836dcf31ec71e457e

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00056.html

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3020-1

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3021-1

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3021-2

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-4569

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00007.html

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-1

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-2

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-1

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00044.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.html

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4569

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00055.html

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90347

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4569

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-3

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3018-2

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3019-1

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.html

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-4

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-2

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3018-1

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-3

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-4569

Severity Score

5.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Information Leak / Disclosure

CWE-200

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.5
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	2.1
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE
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CVE-2016-4569

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Date: May 23, 2016

Language: C

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