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CVE-2011-1019

Published

11 years ago

Last Modified

1 year ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Low

Impact Analysis

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The dev_load function in net/core/dev.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38 allows local users to bypass an intended CAP_SYS_MODULE capability requirement and load arbitrary modules by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity: Low
Base Score: 1.9/10
Exploit Score: 3.4/10
Access Vector: Local
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication Required: None
Impact Score: 2.9/10
Confidentiality Impact: None
Availability Impact: None
Integrity Impact: Partial

Products Affected

CPE	Affected	Vulnerable	Excluding	Edit
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	Yes	-	2.6.38

References

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8909c9ad8ff03611c9c96c9a92656213e4bb495b
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/25/1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680360
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8909c9ad