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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Linux Kernel 2.6.16.9 (Operating System). This vulnerability affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:
The ipc subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc1 does not initialize certain structures, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via vectors related to the (1) compat_sys_semctl, (2) compat_sys_msgctl, and (3) compat_sys_shmctl functions in ipc/compat.c; and the (4) compat_sys_mq_open and (5) compat_sys_mq_getsetattr functions in ipc/compat_mq.c.
The issue has been introduced in 03/20/2006. The weakness was presented 11/29/2010 by Dan Rosenberg as Bug 648658 as confirmed bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is available at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2010-4073. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.
A public exploit has been developed by Jon Oberheide in ANSI C and been published 10 months after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1715 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 55784 (Ubuntu 8.04 LTS : linux vulnerabilities (USN-1186-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Ubuntu Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165622 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update Linux kernel (SUSE-SA:2010:060)).
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (55784) and Exploit-DB (17787). See 55571, 55569, 55568 and 55563 for similar entries.
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Class: Information disclosureCWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1592
Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Jon Oberheide
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Nessus ID: 55784
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS : linux vulnerabilities (USN-1186-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 68662
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2126-1 (linux-2.6)
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Patch: 03145beb455cf5c20a761e8451e30b8a74ba58d9
Timeline
03/20/2006 🔍10/25/2010 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: kernel.orgAdvisory: Bug 648658
Researcher: Dan Rosenberg
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2010-4073 (🔍)
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Vulnerability Center: 28471 - Ipc Subsystem in Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc1 Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 45073 - Linux Kernel CVE-2010-4073 Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 42778
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 03/19/2015 14:37Updated: 10/05/2021 20:21
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (69), 03/10/2017 10:31 (17), 10/05/2021 20:13 (7), 10/05/2021 20:21 (1)
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