CVE-2011-3588

Name	CVE-2011-3588
Description	The SSH configuration in the Red Hat mkdumprd script for kexec-tools, as distributed in the kexec-tools 1.x before 1.102pre-154 and 2.x before 2.0.0-209 packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux, disables the StrictHostKeyChecking option, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof kdump servers, and obtain sensitive core information, by using an arbitrary SSH key.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
kexec-tools (PTS)	bullseye	1:2.0.20-2.1	fixed
	bookworm	1:2.0.25-3+deb12u3	fixed
	trixie	1:2.0.29-2	fixed
	forky, sid	1:2.0.32-2	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
kexec-tools	source	(unstable)	(not affected)

Notes

- kexec-tools <not-affected> (The flaw exists in kdump.init and mkdumprd scrits, shipped only with Red Hat and Fedora)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=716439