CVE-2011-2492

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.

Category

1.9
CVSS
Severity: Low
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.06%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory marc.info
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0927.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8d03e971cf403305217b8e62db3a2e5ad2d6263f
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=703019 patch third party advisory issue tracking
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/testing/ChangeLog-3.0-rc4 broken link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/24/3 patch mailing list third party advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025778 third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/24/2 patch mailing list third party advisory
http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.bluez.kernel/12909 broken link mailing list
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2011-2492?
CVE-2011-2492 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2011-2492?
To fix CVE-2011-2492, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2011-2492 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2011-2492 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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