CVE-2011-1173

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The econet_sendmsg function in net/econet/af_econet.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 on the x86_64 platform allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory by reading uninitialized data in the ah field of an Acorn Universal Networking (AUN) packet.

La función econet_sendmsg en net/econet/af_econet.c en el kernel Linux antes de v2.6.39 en plataformas x86_64, permite a atacantes remototos obtener información potencialmente sensible de la pila de memoria del kernel leyendo datos no inicializados en el campo ah de un paquete Acorn Universal Networking (AUN)

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2011-03-03 CVE Reserved
2011-05-25 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2024-12-17 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CAPEC

References (8)

URL	Tag	Source
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=67c5c6cb8129c595f21e88254a3fc6b3b841ae8e	X_refsource_confirm
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8279	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=591815#c14	Issue Tracking

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=130036203528021&w=2	2023-02-13
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/18/15	2023-02-13
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/21/1	2023-02-13
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/21/4	2023-02-13

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39	2023-02-13

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				< 2.6.39 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " < 2.6.39"		-		Affected