CVE-2011-4083 Information disclosure in n/a

Medium 4.3 Published 17 Feb 2014 Updated 6 Aug 2024

The sosreport utility leaks private entitlement keys in debug archives, allowing remote attackers to obtain sensitive information.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2011-4083?

CVE-2011-4083 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 17 Feb 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The sosreport utility in the Red Hat sos package before 1.7-9 and 2.x before 2.2-17 includes (1) Certificate-based Red Hat Network private entitlement keys and the (2) private key for the entitlement in an archive of debugging information, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading the archive.

Weakness: CWE-310

Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-4083?

It affects 1 product.

Linux distribution packages (6)

`sos` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client	All versions	`0:1.7-9.62.el5`
`sos` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server	All versions	`0:1.7-9.62.el5`
`sos` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client	All versions	`0:2.2-17.el6`
`sos` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode	All versions	`0:2.2-17.el6`
`sos` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server	All versions	`0:2.2-17.el6`
`sos` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation	All versions	`0:2.2-17.el6`

Products include Redhat Sos.

How do I fix CVE-2011-4083?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2011-4083 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-4083 in the wild and no public exploit code.

CVE-2012-2664 Information disclosure in n/a Medium 4.3

Sources

Also known as GHSA-27j9-864c-crj8, RHSA-2011:1536, RHSA-2012:0153.