CVE-2011-1079

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 5
Modified
Published: 21 Jun 2012, 23:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 22:14

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
22/100
CVSS Score
5.4 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.04% LOW
0% probability -0.02%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

21 Jun 2012, 23:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 22:14
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5.4AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.04%• Percentile: 14%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-20•Improper Input Validation

    The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

Affected Systems

  • linux•linux_kernel

    ≤ 2.6.38.8 | 2.6.38 | 2.6.38:rc1 | 2.6.38:rc2 | 2.6.38:rc3 | 2.6.38:rc4 | 2.6.38:rc5 | 2.6.38:rc6 | 2.6.38:rc7 | 2.6.38:rc8 | 2.6.38.1 | 2.6.38.2 | 2.6.38.3 | 2.6.38.4 | 2.6.38.5 | 2.6.38.6 | 2.6.38.7

References (8)