5.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
4.9 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
kernel is vulnerable to denial of service (DoS). Due to a flaw in the cifs_lookup
function in fs/cifs/dir.c
, it does not prevent access to a special file as in FIFO demonstration, allowing a local, unprivileged user to cause a denial of service.
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00021.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00013.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0481.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0531.html
secunia.com/advisories/48842
secunia.com/advisories/48964
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.10
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/28/4
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:0481
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=798293
docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.2_Technical_Notes/kernel.html#RHSA-2012-0481
github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/88d7d4e4a439f32acc56a6d860e415ee71d3df08
5.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
4.9 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C