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CVE-2011-1079 (GCVE-0-2011-1079)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-06-21 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 22:14
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Summary
The bnep_sock_ioctl function in net/bluetooth/bnep/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not ensure that a certain device field ends with a '\0' character, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory, or cause a denial of service (BUG and system crash), via a BNEPCONNADD command.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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Date Public
2011-03-01 00:00
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}



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