Upstream information

CVE-2011-4190 at MITRE

Description

The kdump implementation is missing the host key verification in the kdump and mkdumprd OpenSSH integration of kdump prior to version 2012-01-20. This is similar to CVE-2011-3588, but different in that the kdump implementation is specific to SUSE. A remote malicious kdump server could use this flaw to impersonate the correct kdump server to obtain security sensitive information (kdump core files).

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having low severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 3.5
Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 5.3
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
CVSSv3 Version 3
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 722440 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

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List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References

Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 kdump Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 kdump Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS kdump Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1-LTSS kdump Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Business All-in-One 11 SP1 kdump Released

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Jul 9 19:19:29 2013
CVE page last modified: Tue Jul 2 15:39:19 2024