CVE-2012-2745
The copy_creds function in kernel/cred.c in the Linux kernel before 3.3.2 provides an invalid replacement session keyring to a child process, which allows local users to cause a denial of service
02 Description
The copy_creds function in kernel/cred.c in the Linux kernel before 3.3.2 provides an invalid replacement session keyring to a child process, which allows local users to cause a denial of service
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.38% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 31.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2012-08-09 10:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 19:42Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-05-14
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 053ba5c2bce87780d816d53d669cfa528c29f354b872452bb8f697430c48031d
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.3.2
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1606-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1606-1
- github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/79549c6dfda0603dba9a70a53467ce62d9335c33
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1567-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1567-1
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1597-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1597-1
- secunia.com50853http://secunia.com/advisories/50853
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=833428
- secunia.com50961http://secunia.com/advisories/50961
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=79549c6dfda0603dba9a70a53467ce62d9335c33
- www.securitytracker.com1027236http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027236
- www.securityfocus.com54365http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54365
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2012:1064http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1064.html
- secunia.com50633http://secunia.com/advisories/50633
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- linux Fixed in 3.2.15-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- linux Fixed in 3.2.15-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- linux Fixed in 3.2.15-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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