VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2011-4190
CVSS score5.9 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.78%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-06-08
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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).
Weakness classification
- CWE-306: Missing Authentication for Critical Function