CVE-2011-1172

CVE Details

Release Date:	2011-06-22
Impact:	Low	What is this?

Description

net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c in the IPv6 implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not place the expected '\0' character at the end of string data in the values of certain structure members, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability to issue a crafted request, and then reading the argument to the resulting modprobe process.

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

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	2.1
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
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-2011-2016	2011-05-23
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-2.6.32-100.28.17.el5)	ELSA-2011-2016	2011-05-23
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-2011-0542	2011-05-28
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2011-2016	2011-05-23