7.5 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
2.1 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.3%
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.
downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100145416
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6a8ab060779779de8aea92ce3337ca348f973f54
marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129978086410061&w=2
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0833.html
securityreason.com/securityalert/8278
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/18/15
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/21/1
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/21/4
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=689345