CVE-2011-3589

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-310 Cryptographic Issues

Publication date:

15/02/2014

Last modified:

11/04/2025

Description

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, uses world-readable permissions for vmcore files, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by inspecting the file content, as demonstrated by a search for a root SSH key.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.70 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Adjacent
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None