CVE-2012-6547
5.1 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
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
34.6%
The __tun_chr_ioctl function in drivers/net/tun.c in the Linux kernel before 3.6 does not initialize a certain structure, 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=a117dacde0288f3ec60b6e5bcedae8fa37ee0dfc
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0744.html
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/05/13
github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a117dacde0288f3ec60b6e5bcedae8fa37ee0dfc
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.6.bz2
Related
5.1 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
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
34.6%