CVE-2005-3276

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-3276
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-10-21 01:02:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionThe sys_get_thread_area function in process.c in Linux 2.6 before 2.6.12.4 and 2.6.13 does not clear a data structure before copying it to userspace, which might allow a user process to obtain sensitive information.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.0 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.1 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.10 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.11 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.11.1 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.11.10 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.11.11 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.11.12 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.11.2 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.11.3 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.11.4 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.11.5 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.11.6 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.11.7 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.11.8 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.11.9 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.12 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.12.1 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.12.2 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.12.3 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.12.4 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.13 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.2 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.3 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.4 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.5 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.6 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.7 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.8 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.8.1 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.9 2.6.20 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
linux.bkbits.net/linux-2.6/cset%4042e81864gSEM90Oun0jA8dufpM3inw af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 linux.bkbits.net
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Linux Kernel SYS_GET_THREAD_AREA Information Disclosure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Secunia - Advisories - Mandriva update for kernel af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kernel.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-922-1 kernel-source-2.6.8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Secunia - Advisories - Red Hat update for kernel af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
USN-219-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 usn.ubuntu.com
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Secunia - Advisories - Red Hat update for kernel af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
LKML: Chris Wright: [11/13] sys_get_thread_area does not clear the returned argument af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lkml.org
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Secunia - Advisories - Debian update for kernel-source-2.6.8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CONFIRM:http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset@42e81864gSEM90Oun0jA8dufpM3inw MITRE linux.bkbits.net
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MITRE www.kernel.org
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