CVE-2010-4072 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2010-4072?

CVE-2010-4072 is a low-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 29 Nov 2010. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The copy_shmid_to_user function in ipc/shm.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc1 does not initialize a certain structure, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via vectors related to the shmctl system call and the "old shm interface."

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-4072?

It affects 8 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Linux kernel, Opensuse Opensuse, Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop, Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension and 2 more.

How do I fix CVE-2010-4072?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2010-4072 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-4072 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-3mf5-jc6x-rp7q.