CVE - CVE-2011-1079

CVE-ID
CVE-2011-1079	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The bnep_sock_ioctl function in net/bluetooth/bnep/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not ensure that a certain device field ends with a '\0' character, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory, or cause a denial of service (BUG and system crash), via a BNEPCONNADD command.
References
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MISC:RHSA-2011:0833 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0833.html MISC:[oss-security] 20110301 Re: CVE request: kernel: two bluetooth and one ebtables infoleaks/DoSes URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/10 MISC:http://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100145416 URL:http://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100145416 MISC:http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39 URL:http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39 MISC:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=43629f8f5ea32a998d06d1bb41eefa0e821ff573 URL:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=43629f8f5ea32a998d06d1bb41eefa0e821ff573 MISC:http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153799/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0053-1.html URL:http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153799/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0053-1.html MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681260 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681260 MISC:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/43629f8f5ea32a998d06d1bb41eefa0e821ff573 URL:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/43629f8f5ea32a998d06d1bb41eefa0e821ff573
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20110224	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20110224)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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