CVE-2009-2847

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CVE-2009-2847

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CVE-2009-2847 at MITRE

Description

The do_sigaltstack function in kernel/signal.c in Linux kernel 2.4 through 2.4.37 and 2.6 before 2.6.31-rc5, when running on 64-bit systems, does not clear certain padding bytes from a structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from the kernel stack via the sigaltstack function.

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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	4.9
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

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 527848 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Jul 9 16:56:03 2013
CVE page last modified: Fri Oct 7 12:45:48 2022