Vulnerability CVE-2015-2042
Published: 2015-04-21

Description:
net/rds/sysctl.c in the Linux kernel before 3.19 uses an incorrect data type in a sysctl table, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory or possibly have unspecified other impact by accessing a sysctl entry.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Med.
Linux Kernel 3.18.7 sysctl.c local sensitive information leak
Sasha Levin
24.04.2015

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.6/10
6.4/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Linux -> Linux kernel 

 References:
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=db27ebb111e9f69efece08e4cb6a34ff980f8896
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00004.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3237
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/20/20
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72730
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2560-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2561-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2562-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2563-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2564-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2565-1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1195355
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/db27ebb111e9f69efece08e4cb6a34ff980f8896
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