Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:24517Information 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
kernel is vulnerable to information disclosure. The vulnerability exists as a buffer overflow flaw in the DEC Alpha OSF partition implementation in the Linux kernel could allow a local attacker to cause an information leak by mounting a disk that contains specially-crafted partition tables.
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
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1eafbfeb7bdf59cfe173304c76188f3fd5f1fd05
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=1eafbfeb7bdf59cfe173304c76188f3fd5f1fd05
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/14
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/9
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0833.html
securityreason.com/securityalert/8189
securitytracker.com/id?1025225
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38
www.pre-cert.de/advisories/PRE-SA-2011-02.txt
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517050
www.securityfocus.com/bid/46878
www.spinics.net/lists/mm-commits/msg82737.html
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:0833
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688021
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