CVE-2012-3430

CVE Details

Release Date:	2012-07-23
Impact:	Low	What is this?

Description

The rds_recvmsg function in net/rds/recv.c in the Linux kernel before 3.0.44 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a (1) recvfrom or (2) recvmsg system call on an RDS socket.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	2.1
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2012-1323	2012-10-02
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2012-1323-1	2012-10-02
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2012-2034	2012-09-27
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2012-2035	2012-09-27
Oracle Linux version 5 (mlnx_en-2.6.32-300.32.3.el5uek)	ELSA-2012-2035	2012-09-27
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-308.16.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2012-1323-1	2012-10-02
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-308.16.1.el5)	ELSA-2012-1323	2012-10-02
Oracle Linux version 5 (ofa-2.6.32-300.32.3.el5uek)	ELSA-2012-2035	2012-09-27
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-308.16.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2012-1323-1	2012-10-02
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-308.16.1.el5)	ELSA-2012-1323	2012-10-02
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel)	ELSA-2012-1304	2012-09-25
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2012-2034	2012-09-27
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2012-2035	2012-09-27
Oracle Linux version 6 (mlnx_en-2.6.32-300.32.3.el6uek)	ELSA-2012-2035	2012-09-27
Oracle Linux version 6 (ofa-2.6.32-300.32.3.el6uek)	ELSA-2012-2035	2012-09-27