PT-2012-4693 · Linux+3 · Linux Kernel+3

Petr Matousek · Published 2012-07-09 · Updated 2023-02-13 · CVE-2012-3400

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.6

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 3.4.5

Description The issue is related to a heap-based buffer overflow in the udf load logicalvol function, which can be triggered by a crafted UDF filesystem. This can cause a denial of service, resulting in a system crash, and may have other unspecified impacts.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.4.5, update to version 3.4.5 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to UDF filesystems until the update is applied.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

CESA-2012_1426

CVE-2012-3400

RHSA-2012:1426

RHSA-2012:1491

RHSA-2012_1426

RHSA-2013:0594

RHSA-2013_0594

SUSE-SU-2015:0481-1

USN-1514-1

USN-1529-1

USN-1532-1

USN-1533-1

USN-1539-1

USN-1555-1

USN-1556-1

USN-1557-1

USN-1562-1

Affected Products

Centos

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

Suse

References · 35

• 🔥 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/adee11b2085bee90bd8f4f52123ffb07882d6256 · Exploit
• http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.4.5 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1555-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-3400 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3400 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1514-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1556-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1555-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1562-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2012-2044.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1556-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3400 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1529-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3400 · Vendor Advisory
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2012-2043.html · Vendor Advisory