Unscored severity · published Jun 21, 2012
CVE-2011-4914
The ROSE protocol implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not verify that certain data-length values are consistent with the amount of data sent, which might allow…
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CVSS
8.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The ROSE protocol implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not verify that certain data-length values are consistent with the amount of data sent, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via crafted data to a ROSE socket.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)8.7% · higher than 95% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
through 2.6.38.8; 2.6.38; 2.6.38; 2.6.38; 2.6.38; 2.6.38; +11 more · source: NVD
SL
Suse Linux Enterprise Server · Novell
10.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4914
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-4914
Broken Link
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39
git.kernel.org
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e0bccd315db0c2f919e7fcf9cb60db21d9986f52
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/28/2
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=770777
Exploit
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e0bccd315db0c2f919e7fcf9cb60db21d9986f52
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