Vulnerability CVE-2004-0535
Published: 2004-08-06   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
The e1000 driver for Linux kernel 2.4.26 and earlier does not properly initialize memory before using it, which allows local users to read portions of kernel memory. NOTE: this issue was originally incorrectly reported as a "buffer overflow" by some sources.

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
2.1/10
2.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
SUSE -> Suse linux 
SUSE -> Suse email server 
SUSE -> Suse linux admin-cd for firewall 
SUSE -> Suse linux connectivity server 
SUSE -> Suse linux database server 
SUSE -> Suse linux firewall cd 
SUSE -> Suse linux firewall live-cd 
SUSE -> Suse linux office server 
SUSE -> Suse office server 
Mandrakesoft -> Mandrake linux corporate server 
Mandrakesoft -> Mandrake multi network firewall 
Mandrakesoft -> Mandrake linux 
Linux -> Linux kernel 
Gentoo -> Linux 
Engardelinux -> Secure community 
Engardelinux -> Secure linux 
Conectiva -> Linux 

 References:
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040804-01-U.asc
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=125168
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000845
http://lwn.net/Articles/91155/
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200407-02.xml
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/testing/patch-2.4.27.log
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:062
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_20_kernel.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-413.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-418.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10352
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16159
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11136
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