PT-2013-2003 · Linux+1 · Linux Kernel+1

Mathias Krause · Published 2013-03-14 · Updated 2013-08-22 · CVE-2012-6549

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 concerns the isofs export encode fh function in the Linux kernel, which fails to initialize a certain structure member. This allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory by using a crafted application.

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

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-6549

DSA-2668-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2013_1187-1

SUSE-SU-2015:0481-1

SUSE-SU-2015:0652-1

USN-1809-1

USN-1811-1

USN-1812-1

USN-1813-1

USN-1814-1

USN-1824-1

USN-1829-1

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

Suse

References · 29

• https://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.6.bz2 · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1814-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1812-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6549 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6549 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6549 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1809-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-6549 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1812-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2013-2546.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-6549 · Security Note
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00018.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1829-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1824-1 · Vendor Advisory