CVE-2011-1078

LOW

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.

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;a=commit;h=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/c4c896e1471aec3b004a693c689f60be3b17ac86

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2012-06-21

Updated: 2015-05-06

Type: CWE-200

Risk Information

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 1.9

Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Impact Score: 2.9

Exploitability Score: 3.4

Severity: LOW