PT-2012-2973
CVE-2012-0957
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Published
2012-10-10
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Updated
2013-08-22
Description by
CVSS 2.0
4.9
MediumMetricsAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel versions prior to 3.4.16
Description
The issue allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory. This is achieved via a uname system call in conjunction with a UNAME26 personality, leveraging the override release function in kernel/sys.c.
Recommendations
For versions prior to 3.4.16, update to version 3.4.16 or later to resolve the issue.
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