CVE-2011-4190 Missing verification of host key for kdump server
MediumCVSS 5.3
EPSS 0.78%
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- No public exploit known
Description
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).
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| suse linux enterprise desktop | = 11-sp1 | No fix listed |
| suse linux enterprise server | = 11-sp1 | No fix listed |
| suse linux enterprise server | = 11.0-sp1 | No fix listed |
| SUSE kdump | < 2012-01-20 | 2012-01-20 |