{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "secalert@redhat.com", "ID": "CVE-2011-1776", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "n/a", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "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." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "RHSA-2011:0927", "refsource": "REDHAT", "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0927.html" }, { "name": "[oss-security] 20110510 Re: CVE request: kernel: validate size of EFI GUID partition entries", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/10/4" }, { "name": "8369", "refsource": "SREASON", "url": "http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8369" }, { "name": "47796", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47796" }, { "name": "http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39" }, { "name": "http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=fa039d5f6b126fbd65eefa05db2f67e44df8f121", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=fa039d5f6b126fbd65eefa05db2f67e44df8f121" }, { "name": "http://www.pre-cert.de/advisories/PRE-SA-2011-04.txt", "refsource": "MISC", "url": "http://www.pre-cert.de/advisories/PRE-SA-2011-04.txt" }, { "name": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=703026", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=703026" } ] } }