What is CVE-2009-3002?

CVE-2009-3002 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10, classified as a Information Exposure flaw (CWE-200). CVE-2009-3002 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2009-3002?

CVE-2009-3002 has a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2009-3002?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2009-3002. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2009-3002 actively exploited?

CVE-2009-3002 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is Information Exposure (CWE-200)?

The product exposes sensitive information to an actor not authorised to see it. See MITRE CWE for full details: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/200.html

CVE-2009-3002

Medium

The Linux kernel before 2.6.31-rc7 does not initialize certain data structures within getname functions, which allows local users to read the contents of some kernel memory locations by calling getsockname on (1) an AF_APPLETALK socket, related to the atalk_getname function in net/appletalk/ddp.c; (2) an AF_IRDA socket, related to the irda_getname function in net/irda/af_irda.c; (3) an AF_ECONET socket, related to the econet_getname function in net/econet/af_econet.c; (4) an AF_NETROM socket, related to the nr_getname function in net/netrom/af_netrom.c; (5) an AF_ROSE socket, related to the rose_getname function in net/rose/af_rose.c; or (6) a raw CAN socket, related to the raw_getname function in net/can/raw.c.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2009-08-28

Last modified 2026-04-23

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

4.9

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Vector string

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

Weakness type

CWE-200

CVE-2009-3002 is a Information Exposure vulnerability

What is Information Exposure?

The product exposes sensitive information to an actor not authorised to see it. Learn more on MITRE CWE

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2009-3002 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Lists
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00005.html

Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Lists
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00007.html

Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Lists
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00005.html

Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/36438

Third Party Advisory
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/37105

Third Party Advisory
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/37351

Third Party Advisory
Exploit-DB
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9521

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Kernel.org
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.31-rc7

Vendor Advisory
Openwall
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/27/1

Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Openwall
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/27/2

Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Securityfocus
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/512019/100/0/threaded

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Securityfocus
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36150

Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Ubuntu Security
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-852-1

Third Party Advisory
Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=519305

Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
Oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11611

Third Party Advisory
Oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11741

Third Party Advisory
Red Hat
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1540.html

Third Party Advisory
Red Hat
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1550.html

Third Party Advisory
Kernel patch commit
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=09384dfc76e526c3993c09c42e016372dc9dd22c
Patch
Kernel patch commit
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=17ac2e9c58b69a1e25460a568eae1b0dc0188c25
Patch
Kernel patch commit
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3d392475c873c10c10d6d96b94d092a34ebd4791
Patch

6 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2009-3002

Severity Medium

CVSS score 4.9 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2009-08-28

Modified 2026-04-23

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2009-3002?

CVE-2009-3002 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10 , classified as an Information Exposure flaw (CWE-200) . CVE-2009-3002 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2009-3002?

CVE-2009-3002 has a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2009-3002?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2009-3002. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2009-3002 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2009-3002 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.
What is Information Exposure (CWE-200)?

The product exposes sensitive information to an actor not authorised to see it. View CWE-200 on MITRE CWE →