CVE-2012-0879

CVSS V2 Medium 4.9 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5
Description
The I/O implementation for block devices in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33 does not properly handle the CLONE_IO feature, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (I/O instability) by starting multiple processes that share an I/O context.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2012-0879
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2012-05-17T11:00:36
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2023-02-13T00:23:05
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-400 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/400.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.6.33
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_high_availability_extension:11:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp1:*:*:*:vmware:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 4.9
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 6.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 5.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.33 Broken Link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/23/5 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=61cc74fbb87af6aa551a06a370590c9bc07e29d9 Mailing List Patch Vendor Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b69f2292063d2caf37ca9aec7d63ded203701bf3 Mailing List Patch Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/61cc74fbb87af6aa551a06a370590c9bc07e29d9 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=796829 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b69f2292063d2caf37ca9aec7d63ded203701bf3 Patch Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48545 Not Applicable
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1410-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1408-1 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48842 Not Applicable
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027086 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0531.html Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1411-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2469 Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00013.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0481.html Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0879
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-0879
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:39:00 Added to TrackCVE
2023-02-13 01:03:50 2023-02-13T00:23:05 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-02-13 01:03:50 Analyzed Modified Vulnerability Status updated