SB2012062217 - Information disclosure in Linux kernel
Published: June 22, 2012 Updated: August 11, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2012062217
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2011-1078)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The sco_sock_getsockopt_old function in net/bluetooth/sco.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not initialize a certain structure, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via the SCO_CONNINFO option.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100145416
- http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=c4c896e1471aec3b004a693c689f60be3b17ac86
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0833.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1156.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/10
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681259
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c4c896e1471aec3b004a693c689f60be3b17ac86