Oval Definition:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20228
Revision Date:2014-01-20Version:5
Title:VMware ESX third party updates for Service Console packages glibc and dhcp
Description:The actions implementation in the network queueing functionality in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc2 does not properly initialize certain structure members when performing dump operations, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory via vectors related to (1) the tcf_gact_dump function in net/sched/act_gact.c, (2) the tcf_mirred_dump function in net/sched/act_mirred.c, (3) the tcf_nat_dump function in net/sched/act_nat.c, (4) the tcf_simp_dump function in net/sched/act_simple.c, and (5) the tcf_skbedit_dump function in net/sched/act_skbedit.c.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:ACCEPTEDReference(s):CVE-2010-2942
Platform(s):VMWare ESX Server 4.0
VMWare ESX Server 4.1
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Patch ESX410-201110201-SG is not installed
  • VMware ESX Server 4.1 is installed
  • AND Patch ESX410-201110201-SG is not installed
  • OR Patch ESX400-201110401-SG is not installed
  • VMware ESX Server 4.0 is installed
  • AND Patch ESX400-201110401-SG is not installed
  • BACK