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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-1078

Original release date:06/21/2012

Last revised:10/13/2012

Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

The sco_sock_getsockopt_old function in net/bluetooth/sco.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not initialize a certain structure, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via the SCO_CONNINFO option.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS v2 Base Score:1.9 (LOW) (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/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 disclosure of information

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c4c896e1471aec3b004a693c689f60be3b17ac86

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c4c896e1471aec3b004a693c689f60be3b17ac86

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681259

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681259

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20110301 Re: CVE request: kernel: two bluetooth and one ebtables infoleaks/DoSes

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/10

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2012:1156