Information disclosure in Linux kernel - CVE-2011-1078
Published: June 22, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU43966
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-1078
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2011-1078
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- 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