CVE - CVE-2012-2127

CVE-ID
CVE-2012-2127	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
fs/proc/root.c in the procfs implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.2 does not properly interact with CLONE_NEWPID clone system calls, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reference leak and memory consumption) by making many connections to a daemon that uses PID namespaces to isolate clients, as demonstrated by vsftpd.
References
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MLIST:[oss-security] 20120420 Re: CVE request: pid namespace leak in kernel 3.0 and 3.1 URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/20/25 MLIST:[oss-security] 20120422 Re: Re: CVE request: pid namespace leak in kernel 3.0 and 3.1 URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/22/1 CONFIRM:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=905ad269c55fc62bee3da29f7b1d1efeba8aa1e1 CONFIRM:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ CONFIRM:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.2.bz2 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=757783 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=815188 CONFIRM:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/905ad269c55fc62bee3da29f7b1d1efeba8aa1e1 UBUNTU:USN-1607-1 URL:http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1607-1 UBUNTU:USN-1594-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1594-1 BID:55774 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55774
Assigning CNA
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Date Entry Created
20120404	Disclaimer: The entry creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20120404)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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