CVE-2011-2492

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 6
Modified
Published: 28 Jul 2011, 22:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 23:00

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
minimal
8/100
CVSS Score
1.9 LOW
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.06% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

28 Jul 2011, 22:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 23:00
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The bluetooth subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.0-rc4 does not properly initialize certain data structures, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted getsockopt system call, related to (1) the l2cap_sock_getsockopt_old function in net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c and (2) the rfcomm_sock_getsockopt_old function in net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•LOW•Score: 1.9AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.06%• Percentile: 18%

Techniques & Countermeasures

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

    The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.

Affected Systems

  • linux•linux_kernel

    < 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0:rc1 | 3.0:rc2 | 3.0:rc3

  • redhat•enterprise_linux_aus

    5.6

  • redhat•enterprise_linux_desktop

    5.0

  • redhat•enterprise_linux_eus

    5.6

  • redhat•enterprise_linux_server

    5.0

  • redhat•enterprise_linux_workstation

    5.0

References (9)