Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2012-2745 First vendor Publication 2012-08-09
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2023-02-13

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 4.7 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 6.9 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 3.4 Authentication None Required
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Detail

The copy_creds function in kernel/cred.c in the Linux kernel before 3.3.2 provides an invalid replacement session keyring to a child process, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via a crafted application that uses the fork system call.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-2745

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-119 Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17409
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17409
Title: USN-1452-1 -- linux vulnerabilities
Description: Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-1452-1
CVE-2012-1601
CVE-2012-2123
CVE-2012-2745
Version: 7
Platform(s): Ubuntu 11.10
Product(s): linux
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17712
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17712
Title: USN-1460-1 -- linux-ti-omap4 vulnerabilities
Description: Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-1460-1
CVE-2012-1601
CVE-2012-2123
CVE-2012-2745
Version: 7
Platform(s): Ubuntu 12.04
Product(s): linux-ti-omap4
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17887
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17887
Title: USN-1455-1 -- linux-lts-backport-oneiric vulnerabilities
Description: Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-1455-1
CVE-2012-1601
CVE-2012-2123
CVE-2012-2745
Version: 7
Platform(s): Ubuntu 10.04
Product(s): linux-lts-backport-oneiric
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17915
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17915
Title: USN-1459-1 -- linux-ti-omap4 vulnerabilities
Description: Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-1459-1
CVE-2012-1601
CVE-2012-2123
CVE-2012-2745
Version: 7
Platform(s): Ubuntu 11.10
Product(s): linux-ti-omap4
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17943
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17943
Title: USN-1448-1 -- linux vulnerabilities
Description: Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-1448-1
CVE-2012-1601
CVE-2012-2123
CVE-2012-2745
Version: 7
Platform(s): Ubuntu 12.04
Product(s): linux
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17977
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17977
Title: USN-1606-1 -- linux vulnerabilities
Description: Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-1606-1
CVE-2012-2137
CVE-2012-2745
Version: 7
Platform(s): Ubuntu 10.04
Product(s): linux
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17982
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17982
Title: USN-1597-1 -- linux-ec2 vulnerability
Description: The system could be made to crash under certain conditions.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-1597-1
CVE-2012-2745
Version: 7
Platform(s): Ubuntu 10.04
Product(s): linux-ec2
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21543
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21543
Title: RHSA-2012:1064: kernel security and bug fix update (Important)
Description: The copy_creds function in kernel/cred.c in the Linux kernel before 3.3.2 provides an invalid replacement session keyring to a child process, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via a crafted application that uses the fork system call.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): RHSA-2012:1064-02
CESA-2012:1064
CVE-2012-2744
CVE-2012-2745
Version: 29
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
CentOS Linux 6
Product(s): kernel
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23529
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23529
Title: ELSA-2012:1064: kernel security and bug fix update (Important)
Description: The copy_creds function in kernel/cred.c in the Linux kernel before 3.3.2 provides an invalid replacement session keyring to a child process, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via a crafted application that uses the fork system call.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2012:1064-02
CVE-2012-2744
CVE-2012-2745
Version: 13
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 6
Product(s): kernel
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27400
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27400
Title: DEPRECATED: ELSA-2012-1064 -- kernel security and bug fix update (important)
Description: [2.6.32-279.1.1.el6] - [kernel] Prevent keyctl new_session from causing a panic (David Howells) [833433 827424] {CVE-2012-2745} - [net] ipv6/netfilter: fix null pointer dereference in nf_ct_frag6_reasm() (Petr Matousek) [833410 833412] {CVE-2012-2744} - [fs] nfs: Map minor mismatch error to protocol not support error (Steve Dickson) [832365 796352] - [fs] ext4: Fix overflow caused by missing cast in ext4_fallocate() (Lukas Czerner) [833034 830209] - [ata] libata: Add 2GB ATA Flash Disk/ADMA428M to DMA blacklist (Prarit Bhargava) [832363 812904] - [netdrv] r8169: fix typo in firmware filenames (Ivan Vecera) [832359 829211]
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2012-1064
CVE-2012-2744
CVE-2012-2745
Version: 4
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 6
Product(s): kernel
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Os 1621

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2012-10-12 Name : Ubuntu Update for linux USN-1606-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1606_1.nasl
2012-10-05 Name : Ubuntu Update for linux-ec2 USN-1597-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1597_1.nasl
2012-09-22 Name : Ubuntu Update for linux-lts-backport-natty USN-1574-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1574_1.nasl
2012-09-17 Name : Ubuntu Update for linux USN-1567-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1567_1.nasl
2012-07-30 Name : CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2012:1064 centos6
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2012_1064_kernel_centos6.nasl
2012-07-16 Name : RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2012:1064-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2012_1064-01_kernel.nasl

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2015-05-20 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2014-0287-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-06-13 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2013-176.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2012-1064.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2012-2025.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2012-2026.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-01-25 Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_11_kernel-121010.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-10-12 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-1606-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-10-05 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-1597-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-09-20 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-1574-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-09-15 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-1567-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20120710_kernel_on_SL6_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-07-12 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2012-1064.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-07-11 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2012-1064.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-05-30 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-1455-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-05-29 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-1452-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-05-22 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-1448-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54365
CONFIRM http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.3.2
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=833428
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/79549c6dfda0603dba9a70a53467ce62d933...
MISC http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3...
REDHAT http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1064.html
SECTRACK http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027236
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/50633
http://secunia.com/advisories/50853
http://secunia.com/advisories/50961
UBUNTU http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1567-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1597-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1606-1

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