CVE-2011-3590

CVE Details

Release Date:

2011-10-05

Description

The Red Hat mkdumprd script for kexec-tools, as distributed in the kexec-tools 1.x before 1.102pre-154 and 2.x before 2.0.0-209 packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux, includes all of root's SSH private keys within a vmcore file, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information by inspecting the file content.

See more information about CVE-2011-3590 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	5.7	Base Metrics:	AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
Access Vector:	Adjacent network	Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	Complete
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kexec-tools)	ELSA-2012-0152	2012-03-01
Oracle Linux version 6 (kexec-tools)	ELSA-2011-1532	2011-12-14

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