CVE-2012-6537
net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c in the Linux kernel before 3.6 does not initialize certain structures, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN
02 Description
net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c in the Linux kernel before 3.6 does not initialize certain structures, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN
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
- 0.36% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 29.6% 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
- Low. 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
- 2013-03-14 20:00Z13 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 21:28Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2013-03-14
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- f8a34231dfa3fd9989f9b53863972308e2baa3b8527f246ec8055a594e223453
05 Affected products
06 References
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f778a636713a435d3a922c60b1622a91136560c1
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20130305 CVE Requests (maybe): Linux kernel: various info leaks, some NULL ptr derefshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/05/13
- github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/7b789836f434c87168eab067cfbed1ec4783dffd
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1792-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1792-1
- www.kernel.orghttps://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.6.bz2
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2013:0744http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0744.html
- github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1f86840f897717f86d523a13e99a447e6a5d2fa5
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1798-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1798-1
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1f86840f897717f86d523a13e99a447e6a5d2fa5
- github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f778a636713a435d3a922c60b1622a91136560c1
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7b789836f434c87168eab067cfbed1ec4783dffd
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- linux Fixed in 3.2.32-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- linux Fixed in 3.2.32-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- linux Fixed in 3.2.32-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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