CVE-2012-1097

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
The regset (aka register set) feature in the Linux kernel before 3.2.10 does not properly handle the absence of .get and .set methods, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a (1) PTRACE_GETREGSET or (2) PTRACE_SETREGSET ptrace call.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2012-1097
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2012-05-17T11:00:37
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2023-02-13T04:32:55
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-476 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 3.2.10
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_mrg:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 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_high_availability_extension:11:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp1:*:*:*:vmware:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp1:*:*:-:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp2:*:*:*: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:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.2
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/05/1 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c8e252586f8d5de906385d8cf6385fee289a825e Patch Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=c8e252586f8d5de906385d8cf6385fee289a825e Mailing List Patch Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799209 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.10 Mailing List Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48898 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/48842 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/48964 Broken Link
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0531.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00013.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00021.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-2012-1097
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-1097
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:06:56 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 08:29:02 Analyzed Undergoing Analysis Vulnerability Status updated
2023-01-17 22:04:51 2023-01-17T21:31:16 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-01-17 22:04:51 Undergoing Analysis Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated
2023-02-13 05:04:46 2023-02-13T04:32:55 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-02-13 05:04:46 Analyzed Modified Vulnerability Status updated