CVE-2010-0003 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2010-0003?

CVE-2010-0003 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 26 Jan 2010. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The print_fatal_signal function in kernel/signal.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32.4 on the i386 platform, when print-fatal-signals is enabled, allows local users to discover the contents of arbitrary memory locations by jumping to an address and then reading a log file, and might allow local users to cause a denial of service (system slowdown or crash) by jumping to an address.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-0003?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2010-0003?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2010-0003 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-0003 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-c942-c798-26vh.