CVE-2011-2707

CVSS V2 Low 3.6 CVSS V3 Medium 6
Description
The ptrace_setxregs function in arch/xtensa/kernel/ptrace.c in the Linux kernel before 3.1 does not validate user-space pointers, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory locations via a crafted PTRACE_SETXTREGS request.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2011-2707
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2012-05-24T23:55:02
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2023-02-13T01:20:11
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 3.1
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 3.6
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 4.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • HIGH
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 6
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 0.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.2
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0d0138ebe24b94065580bd2601f8bb7eb6152f56 Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/20/18 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=0d0138ebe24b94065580bd2601f8bb7eb6152f56 Mailing List Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1 Mailing List Patch Vendor Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2707
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-2707
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:25:38 Added to TrackCVE
2023-02-13 02:03:23 2023-02-13T01:20:11 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-02-13 02:03:23 Analyzed Modified Vulnerability Status updated