CVE-2008-2729
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-06-30 22:00
Modified
2024-08-07 09:14
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=3022d734a54cbd2b65eea9a024564821101b4a9a%3Bhp=f0f4c3432e5e1087b3a8c0e6bd4113d3c37497ff
cve@mitre.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0508.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/30849Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/30850Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/31107Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/31551Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/31628Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1630Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:174Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0519.htmlBroken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0585.htmlBroken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29943Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020364Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-625-1Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=451271Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43558Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11571Tool Signature
Impacted products
n/an/a
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