CVE-2012-6537
Linux Kernel XFRM User Privilege Information Disclosure
Description
net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c in the Linux kernel before 3.6 does not initialize certain structures, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability.
INFO
Published Date :
March 15, 2013, 8:55 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 1:46 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
2.9
Exploitability Score :
3.4
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1f86840f897717f86d523a13e99a447e6a5d2fa5 Added Reference http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7b789836f434c87168eab067cfbed1ec4783dffd Added Reference http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f778a636713a435d3a922c60b1622a91136560c1 Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0744.html Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/05/13 Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1792-1 Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1798-1 Added Reference https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1f86840f897717f86d523a13e99a447e6a5d2fa5 Added Reference https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/7b789836f434c87168eab067cfbed1ec4783dffd Added Reference https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f778a636713a435d3a922c60b1622a91136560c1 Added Reference https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.6.bz2 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 07, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference MITRE http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f778a636713a435d3a922c60b1622a91136560c1 [No types assigned] Added Reference MITRE http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1f86840f897717f86d523a13e99a447e6a5d2fa5 [No types assigned] Added Reference MITRE http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7b789836f434c87168eab067cfbed1ec4783dffd [No types assigned] Removed Reference MITRE http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=7b789836f434c87168eab067cfbed1ec4783dffd Removed Reference MITRE http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=1f86840f897717f86d523a13e99a447e6a5d2fa5 Removed Reference MITRE http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=f778a636713a435d3a922c60b1622a91136560c1 -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Apr. 22, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Mar. 18, 2013
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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Exploit Prediction
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0.04 }} 0.00%
score
0.05635
percentile