PT-2013-2003

CVE-2012-6549

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Published

2013-03-14

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Updated

2013-08-22

Description by

CVSS 2.0
1.9
Low
MetricsAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 3.6
Description The issue concerns the isofs export encode fh function in the Linux kernel, which fails to initialize a certain structure member. This allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory by using a crafted application.
Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 3.6, update to version 3.6 or later to resolve the issue.
Exploitability
Fix
Impacts
Researchers
Vendors
Affected products
Weakness enumeration
CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Related identifiers
CVE-2012-6549
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