CVE-2011-1080
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Jun 21, 2012
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Feb 24, 2011
Description
The do_replace function in net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not ensure that a certain name field ends with a '\0' character, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability to replace a table, and then reading a modprobe command line.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- [oss-security] 20110301 Re: CVE request: kernel: two bluetooth and one ebtables infoleaks/DoSesmailing-list
- RHSA-2011:0833vendor-advisory
- http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d846f71195d57b0bbb143382647c2c6638b04c5a
- http://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100145416
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681262
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d846f71195d57b0bbb143382647c2c6638b04c5a
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