CVE-2010-2955 — Vulnetix

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CVE-2010-2955 REJECTED

The cfg80211_wext_giwessid function in net/wireless/wext-compat.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc3-next-20100831 does not properly initialize certain structure members, which allows local users to leverage an off-by-one error in the ioctl_standard_iw_point function in net/wireless/wext-core.c, and obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel heap memory, via vectors involving an SIOCGIWESSID ioctl call that specifies a large buffer size.

EPSS 0.10% · 26.5th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.10%

26.5th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	linux-flo	0
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	linux-lts-utopic	0
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	linux	0
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	linux-grouper	3.1.10-7.27, 0, 3.1.10-6.25
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	linux-goldfish	3.4.0-1.7, 0
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	linux-mako	0
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	linux-lts-vivid	0
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	linux-maguro	0
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	linux-manta	0

Timeline

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References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-2955 third-party-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1074-1 vendor-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1074-2 vendor-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1083-1 vendor-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1093-1 vendor-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1119-1 vendor-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1023-1 vendor-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-2955 third-party-advisory

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