Information exposure in Linux kernel - CVE-2012-6546
Published: March 15, 2013 / Updated: April 22, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU92525
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-6546
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to information exposure error within the pvc_getname() function in net/atm/pvc.c. A local user can gain access to sensitive information.
How to mitigate CVE-2012-6546
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=3c0c5cfdcd4d69ffc4b9c0907cec99039f30a50a
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=e862f1a9b7df4e8196ebec45ac62295138aa3fc2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0744.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/05/13
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1805-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1808-1
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3c0c5cfdcd4d69ffc4b9c0907cec99039f30a50a
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e862f1a9b7df4e8196ebec45ac62295138aa3fc2
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.6.bz2