Information disclosure in Linux Kernel
CVE-2011-1173
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.
Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.026 (84.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 85th percentile — 84.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.026 · newest: 0.026 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- marc.info/ (mailing-list, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/18/15 (mailing-list, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- git.kernel.org/
- securityreason.com/securityalert/8279 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39 (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/21/4 (mailing-list, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/21/1 (mailing-list, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)