National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-2898

Overview

net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.3 does not properly restrict user-space access to certain packet data structures associated with VLAN Tag Control Information, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information via a crafted application.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/13fcb7bd322164c67926ffe272846d4860196dc6

Hyperlink:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/13fcb7bd322164c67926ffe272846d4860196dc6

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=728023

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=728023

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20110803 Re: CVE request: Linux kernel af_packet information leak

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/03/7

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=13fcb7bd322164c67926ffe272846d4860196dc6

Hyperlink:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=13fcb7bd322164c67926ffe272846d4860196dc6

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39.3

Hyperlink:http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39.3