Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2012-6538 First vendor Publication 2013-03-15
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2023-11-07

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:P/I:N/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 1.9 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 3.4 Authentication None Required
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Detail

The copy_to_user_auth function in net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c in the Linux kernel before 3.6 uses an incorrect C library function for copying a string, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-6538

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-200 Information Exposure

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Os 1782
Os 1

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
2014-11-08 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.
File : redhat-RHSA-2013-0746.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2013-0744.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-04-25 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2013-0744.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-04-24 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2013-0744.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3...
Source Url
CONFIRM https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4c87308bdea31a7b4828a51f6156e6f721a1...
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.6.bz2
MLIST http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/05/13
REDHAT http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0744.html

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