CVE-2011-1079

CVSS V2 Medium 5.4 CVSS V3 None
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2011-1079
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2012-06-21T23:55:02
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2023-02-13T04:29:03
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.6.38.8
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.38:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.38:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.38:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.38:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.38:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.38:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.38:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.38:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.38:rc8:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.38.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.38.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.38.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.38.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.38.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.38.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.38.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 5.4
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.4
  • Impact Score
  • 7.8
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/43629f8f5ea32a998d06d1bb41eefa0e821ff573 Patch
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=43629f8f5ea32a998d06d1bb41eefa0e821ff573 Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/10
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681260
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0833.html
http://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100145416
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153799/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0053-1.html
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1079
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1079
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 10:23:19 Added to TrackCVE
2023-02-13 05:04:57 2023-02-13T04:29:03 CVE Modified Date updated