PT-2011-1009 · Linux+2 · Linux Kernel+2

Vasiliy Kulikov · Published 2011-06-13 · Updated 2023-02-13 · CVE-2011-2494

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 3.1

Description The issue allows local users to obtain sensitive I/O statistics, potentially revealing confidential information such as the length of another user's password. This is achieved by sending taskstats commands to a netlink socket.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 3.1, update to version 3.1 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

RCE

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

BDU:2014-00070

CVE-2011-2494

RHSA-2011:1465

RHSA-2011:1479

RHSA-2011_1465

RHSA-2011_1479

RHSA-2012:0010

USN-1236-1

USN-1239-1

USN-1240-1

USN-1241-1

USN-1242-1

USN-1243-1

USN-1244-1

USN-1245-1

USN-1253-1

USN-1260-1

USN-1275-1

USN-1279-1

USN-1281-1

USN-1285-1

USN-1294-1

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

Suse

References · 32

• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1a51410abe7d0ee4b1d112780f46df87d3621043 · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1243-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1241-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1239-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1244-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1253-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1240-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1294-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-2494 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1245-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2011-2494 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-2494 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2494 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1285-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1275-1 · Vendor Advisory