CVE-2011-1170

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-200 Information Leak / Disclosure
Publication date:
22/06/2011
Last modified:
11/04/2025

Description

net/ipv4/netfilter/arp_tables.c in the IPv4 implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not place the expected '\0' character at the end of string data in the values of certain structure members, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability to issue a crafted request, and then reading the argument to the resulting modprobe process.

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 2.6.38.8 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.2:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.2:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.3:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.3:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.3:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.3:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*