CVE-2011-1079

CVE Details

Release Date:	2012-06-21
Impact:	None	What is this?

Description

The bnep_sock_ioctl function in net/bluetooth/bnep/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not ensure that a certain device field ends with a '\0' character, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory, or cause a denial of service (BUG and system crash), via a BNEPCONNADD command.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	0.0
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:N/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:N
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	None
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2011-0833	2011-05-31
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2011-2015	2011-05-11
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-238.12.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2011-0833	2011-05-31
Oracle Linux version 5 (ofa-2.6.32-100.28.15.el5)	ELSA-2011-2015	2011-05-11
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-238.12.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2011-0833	2011-05-31
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel)	ELSA-2011-0498	2011-05-10
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2011-2015	2011-05-11
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2019-4685	2019-06-17