Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:24515Information Disclosure
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
The kernel is vulnerable to information disclosure. Due to a missing validation of a null-terminated string data structure element in the do_replace() function, it allows a local user who has the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability to cause an information leak.
References
docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/5.6_Technical_Notes/kernel.html#RHSA-2011-0833
downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100145416
ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d846f71195d57b0bbb143382647c2c6638b04c5a
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=d846f71195d57b0bbb143382647c2c6638b04c5a
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0833.html
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/10
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:0833
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681262
github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d846f71195d57b0bbb143382647c2c6638b04c5a
Related
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