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CVE-2011-1079 Detail

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.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  06/21/2012

Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.4 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 7.8
Exploitability Subscore: 3.4

Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Complete
Additional Information:
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows disruption of service

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Hyperlink Resource
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=43629f8f5ea32a998d06d1bb41eefa0e821ff573 Patch
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0833.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/10
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681260
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/43629f8f5ea32a998d06d1bb41eefa0e821ff573 Patch

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2011-1079
NVD Published Date:
06/21/2012
NVD Last Modified:
05/05/2015