CVE-2011-1776 Information

Description

The is_gpt_valid function in fs/partitions/efi.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not check the size of an Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) GUID Partition Table (GPT) entry which allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and OOPS) or obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory by connecting a crafted GPT storage device a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-1577.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Reference

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=fa039d5f6b126fbd65eefa05db2f67e44df8f121 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/10/4 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0927.html http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8369 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39 http://www.pre-cert.de/advisories/PRE-SA-2011-04.txt http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47796 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=703026

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

6.1