| Name | CVE-2011-3590 |
| Description | 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, includes all of root's SSH private keys within a vmcore file, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information by inspecting the file content. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, 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+deb12u1 | fixed |
| trixie | 1:2.0.29-1 | fixed |
| sid | 1:2.0.29-2 | 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