CVE-2011-0463 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2011-0463?

CVE-2011-0463 is a low-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 10 Apr 2011. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The ocfs2_prepare_page_for_write function in fs/ocfs2/aops.c in the Oracle Cluster File System 2 (OCFS2) subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39-rc1 does not properly handle holes that cross page boundaries, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from uninitialized disk locations by reading a file.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-0463?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2011-0463?

No fix has been published for CVE-2011-0463 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2011-0463 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-0463 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

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• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-9c9q-3xvx-4wqh.