CVE-2012-2677
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2012-06-05 | |
| Impact: | Moderate | What is this? |
Description
Integer overflow in the ordered_malloc function in boost/pool/pool.hpp in Boost Pool before 3.9 makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to perform memory-related attacks such as buffer overflows via a large memory chunk size value, which causes less memory to be allocated than expected.
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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score: | 5.1 |
| Vector String: | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Version: | 2.0 |
| Attack Vector: | Network |
| Attack Complexity: | High |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
Errata information
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 5 (boost) | ELSA-2013-0668 | 2013-03-21 |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (boost) | ELSA-2013-0668 | 2013-03-21 |
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