CVE-2011-1079

Published Jun 21, 2012

Last updated 2 years ago

Overview

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.
Source
secalert@redhat.com
NVD status
Modified

Social media

Hype score
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Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
5.4
Impact score
7.8
Exploitability score
3.4
Vector string
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-20

Configurations