vendor:
Linux
by:
prdelka
7.2
CVSS
HIGH
Information leak
200
CWE
Product Name: Linux
Affected Version From: 2.6.37-rc1
Affected Version To: 2.6.37-rc1
Patch Exists: YES
Related CWE: CVE-2010-4077
CPE: 2.6.37-rc1
Other Scripts:
https://www.infosecmatter.com/nessus-plugin-library/?id=59155, https://www.infosecmatter.com/nessus-plugin-library/?id=52991, https://www.infosecmatter.com/nessus-plugin-library/?id=55607, https://www.infosecmatter.com/nessus-plugin-library/?id=51066, https://www.infosecmatter.com/nessus-plugin-library/?id=50979, https://www.infosecmatter.com/nessus-plugin-library/?id=53303, https://www.infosecmatter.com/nessus-plugin-library/?id=55762, https://www.infosecmatter.com/nessus-plugin-library/?id=56343, https://www.infosecmatter.com/nessus-plugin-library/?id=56192, https://www.infosecmatter.com/nessus-plugin-library/?id=56207
Tags: N/A
CVSS Metrics: N/A
Nuclei References:
N/A
Nuclei Metadata: N/A
Platforms Tested: Linux
2010
Linux <= 2.6.37-rc1 serial_core TIOCGICOUNT leak
This exploit is for CVE-2010-4077 which leaks kernel stack space back to userland due to uninitialized struct member 'reserved' in struct serial_icounter_struct copied to userland. It uses ioctl to trigger memory leak, dumps to file and displays to command line.
Mitigation:
Update the kernel to the latest version.