PT-2012-5462 · Linux+3 · Linux Kernel+3

Halfdog · Published 2012-10-19 · Updated 2023-02-13 · CVE-2012-4530

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 3.7.2

Description The issue concerns the load script function in fs/binfmt script.c, which does not properly handle recursion. This allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted application.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.7.2, update to version 3.7.2 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CESA-2013_0223

CVE-2012-4530

OPENSUSE-SU-2013_0396-1

RHSA-2013:0223

RHSA-2013:0566

RHSA-2013_0223

SUSE-SU-2013_0674-1

SUSE-SU-2015:0481-1

SUSE-SU-2015:0652-1

USN-1683-1

USN-1684-1

USN-1688-1

USN-1689-1

USN-1691-1

USN-1696-1

USN-1698-1

USN-1699-1

USN-1700-1

USN-1704-1

Affected Products

Centos

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

Suse

References · 33

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/41767 · Exploit
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4530 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1704-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2013-0223.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1684-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1699-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-4530 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1683-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4530 · Vendor Advisory
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2013-2503.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1688-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1696-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1698-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1689-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0223.html · Vendor Advisory