CVE-2011-3590 (GCVE-0-2011-3590)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-02-15 11:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 23:37
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Summary
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, includes all of root's SSH private keys within a vmcore file, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information by inspecting the file content.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1045 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=716439 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1532.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0152.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Date Public
2011-10-05 00:00
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