VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2011-1078
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…
LOW 1.9EPSS 0.36%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.36%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 1.9 LOWAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.36% probability · 30th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100145416
- http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c4c896e1471aec3b004a693c689f60be3b17ac86
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0833.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1156.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/10
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681259
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c4c896e1471aec3b004a693c689f60be3b17ac86Patch
- http://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100145416
- http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c4c896e1471aec3b004a693c689f60be3b17ac86
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0833.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1156.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/10
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681259
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c4c896e1471aec3b004a693c689f60be3b17ac86Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.