CVE - CVE-2011-1172

CVE-ID
CVE-2011-1172	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c in the IPv6 implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not place the expected '\0' character at the end of string data in the values of certain structure members, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability to issue a crafted request, and then reading the argument to the resulting modprobe process.
References
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MISC:8278 URL:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8278 MISC:RHSA-2011:0833 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0833.html MISC:[linux-kernel] 20110310 [PATCH] ipv6: netfilter: ip6_tables: fix infoleak to userspace URL:http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129978086410061&w=2 MISC:[oss-security] 20110318 CVE request: kernel: netfilter & econet infoleaks URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/18/15 MISC:[oss-security] 20110321 Re: CVE request: kernel: netfilter & econet infoleaks URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/21/1 MISC:[oss-security] 20110321 Re: CVE request: kernel: netfilter & econet infoleaks URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/21/4 MISC:http://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100145416 URL:http://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100145416 MISC:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6a8ab060779779de8aea92ce3337ca348f973f54 URL:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6a8ab060779779de8aea92ce3337ca348f973f54 MISC:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39 URL:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39 MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=689345 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=689345
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20110303	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 (20110303)
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