National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-2729

Overview

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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=451271

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=451271

External Source: XF

Name: linux-kernel-destination-info-disclosure(43558)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/43558

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-625-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-625-1

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1020364

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020364

External Source: BID

Name: 29943

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29943

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2008:0585

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0585.html

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2008:0519

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0519.html

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2008:174

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:174

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1630

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1630

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31628

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31628

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31551

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31551

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31107

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31107

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 30850

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30850

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 30849

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30849

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2008:0508

Hyperlink:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0508.html

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11571

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11571

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=3022d734a54cbd2b65eea9a024564821101b4a9a;hp=f0f4c3432e5e1087b3a8c0e6bd4113d3c37497ff

Hyperlink:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=3022d734a54cbd2b65eea9a024564821101b4a9a;hp=f0f4c3432e5e1087b3a8c0e6bd4113d3c37497ff

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11571

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11571