Vulnerability in Linux Kernel
CVE-2011-1182
kernel/signal.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 allows local users to spoof the uid and pid of a signal sender via a sigqueueinfo system call.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 3.6 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (39.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 39th percentile — 39.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Linux Kernel
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux — versions 5.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Aus — versions 5.6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop — versions 5.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Eus — versions 5.6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server — versions 5.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation — versions 5.0
References
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/23/2 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0927.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39 (Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/da48524eb20662618854bb3df2db01fc65f3070c (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- git.kernel.org/
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)