PT-2013-1019 · Linux+4 · Linux Kernel+4

Alex Dvorov · Published 2013-03-07 · Updated 2019-04-22 · CVE-2012-6546

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

1.9

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 3.6

Description The issue is related to the ATM implementation in the Linux kernel, which does not properly initialize certain structures. This allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory by using a crafted application. The exploitation of this issue enables access to confidential information.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 3.6, update to version 3.6 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Information Disclosure

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2013-1178

BDU:2014-00079

CESA-2013_0744

CVE-2012-6546

DSA-2668-1

RHSA-2013:0744

RHSA-2013:0747

RHSA-2013_0744

RHSA-2013_0747

SUSE-SU-2015:0652-1

USN-1599-1

USN-1610-1

USN-1648-1

USN-1649-1

USN-1652-1

USN-1805-1

USN-1808-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Centos

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

Suse

References · 30

• 🔥 https://github.com/tempbottle/CVE-2014-0196 · Exploit
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6546 · Vendor Advisory
• https://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.6.bz2 · Patch
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1805-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1808-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1652-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0744.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-6546 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-6546 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2014-00079 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-6546 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1805-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6546 · Security Note
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2013-2520.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6546 · Vendor Advisory