CVE-2012-3430

CVE Details

Release Date:2012-07-23

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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CVSS v2.0 metrics


NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score: 2.1 Base Metrics: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector: Local network Attack Complexity: Low
Authentication: None required Confidentiality Impact: Partial
Integrity Impact: None Availability Impact: None

Errata information


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)ELSA-2012-13232012-10-02
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)ELSA-2012-1323-12012-10-02
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek)ELSA-2012-20342012-09-27
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek)ELSA-2012-20352012-09-27
Oracle Linux version 5 (mlnx_en-2.6.32-300.32.3.el5uek)ELSA-2012-20352012-09-27
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-308.16.1.0.1.el5)ELSA-2012-1323-12012-10-02
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-308.16.1.el5)ELSA-2012-13232012-10-02
Oracle Linux version 5 (ofa-2.6.32-300.32.3.el5uek)ELSA-2012-20352012-09-27
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-308.16.1.0.1.el5)ELSA-2012-1323-12012-10-02
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-308.16.1.el5)ELSA-2012-13232012-10-02
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel)ELSA-2012-13042012-09-25
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)ELSA-2012-20342012-09-27
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)ELSA-2012-20352012-09-27
Oracle Linux version 6 (mlnx_en-2.6.32-300.32.3.el6uek)ELSA-2012-20352012-09-27
Oracle Linux version 6 (ofa-2.6.32-300.32.3.el6uek)ELSA-2012-20352012-09-27



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