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CVE-2012-3430

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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.

References

https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2012/suse-su-20121679-1.html

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=820039

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1580-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1579-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1578-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1577-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1575-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1572-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1568-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1567-1

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/26/5

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.0.44

http://secunia.com/advisories/50811

http://secunia.com/advisories/50732

http://secunia.com/advisories/50633

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1323.html

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=06b6a1cf6e776426766298d055bb3991957d90a7

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-10-03

Updated: 2025-04-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00186

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