Vulnerability in Linux Kernel
CVE-2012-3510
Use-after-free vulnerability in the xacct_add_tsk function in kernel/tsacct.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.19 allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (system crash) via a taskstats TASKSTATS_CMD_ATTR_PID command.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (41.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 41st percentile — 41.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Linux Kernel — versions 2.6.10, 2.6.11, 2.6.11.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f0ec1aaf54caddd21c259aea8b2ecfbde4ee4fb9 (Exploit)
- secunia.com/advisories/50811 (third-party-advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1323.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/55144 (vdb-entry)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/20/12 (mailing-list)
- git.kernel.org/
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.19