PT-2013-1793 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Pascal Junod · Published 2013-02-18 · Updated 2014-01-04 · CVE-2012-5375

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 3.8-rc1

Description The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service by preventing file creation. This is achieved by writing to a directory important to the victim and creating a file with a crafted name associated with a specific CRC32C hash value.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.8-rc1, update to version 3.8-rc1 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-310

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-5375

USN-1944-1

USN-1945-1

USN-1946-1

USN-1947-1

USN-2017-1

USN-2018-1

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 24

• 🔥 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9c52057c698fb96f8f07e7a4bcf4801a092bda89 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/38132 · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-5375 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2017-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5375 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1947-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5375 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1945-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1947-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/testing/patch-3.8-rc1.bz2 · Patch
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5375 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1944-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1946-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5375 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2018-1 · Vendor Advisory