CVE-2011-3588

Published Feb 15, 2014

Last updated 11 years ago

Overview

Description
The SSH configuration in the Red Hat mkdumprd script for kexec-tools, as distributed in the kexec-tools 1.x before 1.102pre-154 and 2.x before 2.0.0-209 packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux, disables the StrictHostKeyChecking option, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof kdump servers, and obtain sensitive core information, by using an arbitrary SSH key.
Source
secalert@redhat.com
NVD status
Modified

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Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
5.7
Impact score
6.9
Exploitability score
5.5
Vector string
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-310

Configurations