PT-2012-4705 · Linux+3 · Linux Kernel+3

Jay Fenlason · Published 2012-07-27 · Updated 2023-02-13 · CVE-2012-3430

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 3.0.44

Description The issue is related to the rds recvmsg function in the Linux kernel, which does not initialize a certain structure member. This allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a (1) recvfrom or (2) recvmsg system call on an RDS socket.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 3.0.44, update to version 3.0.44 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CESA-2012_1304

CVE-2012-3430

RHSA-2012:1304

RHSA-2012:1323

RHSA-2012:1491

RHSA-2012_1304

RHSA-2012_1323

SUSE-SU-2012_1708-1

SUSE-SU-2015:0481-1

SUSE-SU-2015:0652-1

SUSE-SU-2019:14051-1

SUSE-SU-2019_14051-1

USN-1260-1

USN-1567-1

USN-1568-1

USN-1572-1

USN-1573-1

USN-1574-1

USN-1575-1

USN-1577-1

USN-1578-1

USN-1579-1

USN-1580-1

Affected Products

Centos

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

Suse

References · 88

• 🔥 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/06b6a1cf6e776426766298d055bb3991957d90a7 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/local/rds_atomic_free_op_null_pointer_deref_priv_esc.rb · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/37543 · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1574-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1578-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1580-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1572-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1323.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-3430 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1579-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2019:14051-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2012-1304.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1568-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3430 · Security Note
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2012-2035.html · Vendor Advisory