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CVE-2008-2729

arch/x86_64/lib/copy_user.S in the Linux kernel before 2.6.19 on some AMD64 systems does not erase destination memory locations after an exception during kernel memory copy, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information.

Published

2008-06-30T22:41:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.9 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

6.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-200

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	< 2.6.19	Yes

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=3022d734a54cbd2b65eea9a024564821101b4a9a%3Bhp=f0f4c3432e5e1087b3a8c0e6bd4113d3c37497ff ([email protected])
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0508.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/30849 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/30850 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/31107 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/31551 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/31628 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1630 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:174 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0519.html Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0585.html Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29943 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020364 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-625-1 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=451271 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43558 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11571 Tool Signature ([email protected])
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=3022d734a54cbd2b65eea9a024564821101b4a9a%3Bhp=f0f4c3432e5e1087b3a8c0e6bd4113d3c37497ff (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0508.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30849 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30850 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31107 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31551 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31628 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1630 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:174 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0519.html Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0585.html Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29943 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020364 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-625-1 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=451271 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43558 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11571 Tool Signature (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)