VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2011-1173
The econet_sendmsg function in net/econet/af_econet.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 on the x86_64 platform allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory by reading uninitialized data in the ah field of…
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 2.61%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.61%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The econet_sendmsg function in net/econet/af_econet.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 on the x86_64 platform allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory by reading uninitialized data in the ah field of an Acorn Universal Networking (AUN) packet.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.61% probability · 85th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=67c5c6cb8129c595f21e88254a3fc6b3b841ae8e
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=130036203528021&w=2Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8279Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/18/15Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/21/1Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/21/4Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=591815#c14Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=67c5c6cb8129c595f21e88254a3fc6b3b841ae8e
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=130036203528021&w=2Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8279Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/18/15Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/21/1Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/21/4Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=591815#c14Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.