CVE - CVE-2012-6536

CVE-ID
CVE-2012-6536	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c in the Linux kernel before 3.6 does not verify that the actual Netlink message length is consistent with a certain header field, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability and providing a (1) new or (2) updated state.
References
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MLIST:[oss-security] 20130305 CVE Requests (maybe): Linux kernel: various info leaks, some NULL ptr derefs URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/05/13 CONFIRM:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=ecd7918745234e423dd87fcc0c077da557909720 CONFIRM:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ecd7918745234e423dd87fcc0c077da557909720 CONFIRM:https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.6.bz2
Assigning CNA
N/A
Date Entry Created
20130314	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 (20130314)
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Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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