1.9 Low
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
5.6 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
The ipv6_getsockopt_sticky function in the kernel in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Beta 5.1.0 allows local users to obtain sensitive information (kernel memory contents) via a negative value of the len parameter. NOTE: this issue has been disputed in a bug comment, stating that "len is ignored when copying header info to the user’s buffer.
CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
---|---|---|---|
redhat:enterprise_linux | redhat enterprise linux | eq | 5.1.0 |