CVE-2011-1172 Vulnerability Details

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CVE-2011-1172 Metadata Quick Info

CVE Published: 22/06/2011 | CVE Updated: 06/08/2024 | CVE Year: 2011
Source: redhat | Vendor: n/a | Product: n/a
Status : PUBLISHED

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CVE-2011-1172 Description

net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c in the IPv6 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.

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CVSS Version: 3.1 | Base Score: n/a
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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database).