CVE-2011-2494

CVSS V2 Low 2.1 CVSS V3 None
Description
kernel/taskstats.c in the Linux kernel before 3.1 allows local users to obtain sensitive I/O statistics by sending taskstats commands to a netlink socket, as demonstrated by discovering the length of another user's password.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2011-2494
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2012-06-13T10:24:55
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2023-02-13T00:18:02
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-200 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/200.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 3.0.34
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0.33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 2.1
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=1a51410abe7d0ee4b1d112780f46df87d3621043 Patch
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1a51410abe7d0ee4b1d112780f46df87d3621043 Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/27/1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=716842
http://secunia.com/advisories/48898
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00021.html
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2494
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-2494
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:54:20 Added to TrackCVE
2023-02-13 01:03:50 2023-02-13T00:18:02 CVE Modified Date updated