CVE-2012-6540
5.3 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
1.9 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
34.8%
The do_ip_vs_get_ctl function in net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c in the Linux kernel before 3.6 does not initialize a certain structure for IP_VS_SO_GET_TIMEOUT commands, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted application.
References
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2d8a041b7bfe1097af21441cb77d6af95f4f4680
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/05/13
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1792-1
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1798-1
github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2d8a041b7bfe1097af21441cb77d6af95f4f4680
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.6.bz2
Related
5.3 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
1.9 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
34.8%