CVE-2011-4190 MEDIUM

CVE-2011-4190: Missing verification of host key for kdump server

Vendor Suse
Product kdump
Weakness CWE-306 · Missing auth
Published June 8, 2018
Last update September 17, 2024

CVSS base score

5.9/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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).

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

June 8, 2018 CVE published
September 17, 2024 Record updated