CVE-2011-3589
The Red Hat mkdumprd script for kexec-tools, as distributed in the kexec-tools 1.x before 1.102pre-154 and 2.x before 2.0.0-209 packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux, uses world-readable permissions for vmcore files, which allows local users to obtain…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.55%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The Red Hat mkdumprd script for kexec-tools, as distributed in the kexec-tools 1.x before 1.102pre-154 and 2.x before 2.0.0-209 packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux, uses world-readable permissions for vmcore files, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by inspecting the file content, as demonstrated by a search for a root SSH key.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.7 MEDIUMAV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.55% probability · 44th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-310
- Affected
- redhat/kexec-tools
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1532.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0152.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=716439Vendor Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1532.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0152.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=716439Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.