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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-0006

Original release date:06/21/2012
Last revised:06/26/2012
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

The ima_lsm_rule_init function in security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37, when the Linux Security Modules (LSM) framework is disabled, allows local users to bypass Integrity Measurement Architecture (IMA) rules in opportunistic circumstances by leveraging an administrator's addition of an IMA rule for LSM.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:1.9 (LOW) (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 3.4
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized modification

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External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/867c20265459d30a01b021a9c1e81fb4c5832aa9
Type: Patch Information
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=867c20265459d30a01b021a9c1e81fb4c5832aa9
Type: Patch Information
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667912
External Source: MLIST
Name: [oss-security] 20110106 Re: CVE Request: kernel [Re: Security review of 2.6.32.28]
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37

Vulnerable software and versions

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* Denotes Vulnerable Software

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)
  • Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control (CWE-264)