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SUSE Linux Security Vulnerability: CVE-2012-0957

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SUSE Linux Security Vulnerability: CVE-2012-0957

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Published
12/21/2012
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/17/2015
Modified
06/21/2018

Description

The override_release function in kernel/sys.c in the Linux kernel before 3.4.16 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a uname system call in conjunction with a UNAME26 personality.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-cluster-network-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-cluster-network-kmp-pae
  • suse-upgrade-cluster-network-kmp-ppc64
  • suse-upgrade-cluster-network-kmp-trace
  • suse-upgrade-cluster-network-kmp-xen
  • suse-upgrade-gfs2-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-gfs2-kmp-pae
  • suse-upgrade-gfs2-kmp-ppc64
  • suse-upgrade-gfs2-kmp-trace
  • suse-upgrade-gfs2-kmp-xen
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-debug
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-debug-base
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-debug-base-debuginfo
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-debug-debuginfo
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-debug-debugsource
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-debug-devel
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default-base
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default-base-debuginfo
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default-debuginfo
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default-debugsource
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default-devel
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default-extra
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default-man
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-desktop
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-desktop-base
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-desktop-base-debuginfo
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-desktop-debuginfo
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-desktop-debugsource
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-desktop-devel
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-desktop-devel-debuginfo
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-devel
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-docs
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-ec2
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-ec2-base
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-ec2-base-debuginfo
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-ec2-debuginfo
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-ec2-debugsource
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-ec2-devel
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-ec2-devel-debuginfo
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-ec2-extra
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-ec2-extra-debuginfo
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-pae
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-pae-base
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-pae-base-debuginfo
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-pae-debuginfo
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-pae-debugsource
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-pae-devel
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-pae-devel-debuginfo
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-pae-extra
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-ppc64
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-ppc64-base
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-ppc64-devel
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-source
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-source-vanilla
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-syms
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-trace
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-trace-base
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-trace-base-debuginfo
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-trace-debuginfo
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-trace-debugsource
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-trace-devel
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-trace-devel-debuginfo
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-trace-extra
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-vanilla
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-vanilla-base
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-vanilla-base-debuginfo
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-vanilla-debuginfo
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-vanilla-debugsource
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-vanilla-devel
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-vanilla-devel-debuginfo
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-xen
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-xen-base
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-xen-base-debuginfo
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-xen-debuginfo
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-xen-debugsource
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-xen-devel
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-xen-devel-debuginfo
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-xen-extra
  • suse-upgrade-ocfs2-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-ocfs2-kmp-pae
  • suse-upgrade-ocfs2-kmp-ppc64
  • suse-upgrade-ocfs2-kmp-trace
  • suse-upgrade-ocfs2-kmp-xen
  • suse-upgrade-sle-hae-release
  • suse-upgrade-xen-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-xen-kmp-pae
  • suse-upgrade-xen-kmp-trace

References

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