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).
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-4190/
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=722440
Scores
CVSS v3
5.9
EPSS
0.0022
EPSS Percentile
44.3%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-310
CWE-306
Status
published
Products (3)
suse/suse_linux_enterprise_desktop
11 sp1
suse/suse_linux_enterprise_server
11 sp1 (2 CPE variants)
suse/suse_linux_enterprise_server
11.0 sp1
Published
Jun 08, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026