CVE-2011-2707
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2012-05-24 | |
| Impact: | None | What is this? |
Description
The ptrace_setxregs function in arch/xtensa/kernel/ptrace.c in the Linux kernel before 3.1 does not validate user-space pointers, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory locations via a crafted PTRACE_SETXTREGS request.
See more information about CVE-2011-2707 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score: | 4.9 |
| Vector String: | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N |
| Version: | 2.0 |
| Attack Vector: | Local |
| Attack Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Complete |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | None |
Errata information
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2011-2037 | 2011-12-14 |
| Oracle Linux version 5 (ofa-2.6.32-300.3.1.el5uek) | ELSA-2011-2037 | 2011-12-14 |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2011-2037 | 2011-12-14 |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (ofa-2.6.32-300.3.1.el6uek) | ELSA-2011-2037 | 2011-12-14 |
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