CVE-2010-2942 describes an information disclosure vulnerability in the Linux kernel's network queueing functionality, affecting versions before 2.6.36-rc2, including products from Avaya, Canonical, OpenSUSE, SUSE, and VMware. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) allows local users to obtain sensitive kernel memory information due to improper initialization of structure members during dump operations. While the attack complexity is low, the potential impact is high confidentiality compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage for this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.6.35.13CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.36CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.36:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.36CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.36:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.06CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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