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CVE-2010-3477

LOW
2.1
CVSS v2
NVD

Description

The tcf_act_police_dump function in net/sched/act_police.c in the actions implementation in the network queueing functionality in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc4 does not properly initialize certain structure members, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory via vectors involving a dump operation. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2010-2942.

How to fix

Remediation Available
linux kernelNVD
Affected:< 2.6.36Fixed in:2.6.36CVE-2010-3477derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

0.40%probability of exploitation in 30 days
32ndpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 32% of all known CVEs.

References

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2009-3103High10.090%--
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CVE-2005-1790Low2.683%--
CVE-2010-0806High8.882%KEV-
CVE-2009-2526High7.882%--
CVE-2015-1868High7.882%-Fix
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