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CVE-2012-0028

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Date: June 21, 2012

The robust futex implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28 does not properly handle processes that make exec system calls, which allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly gain privileges by writing to a memory location in a child process.

Language: C

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Related Resources (9)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=771764
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8141c7f3e7aee618312fa1c15109e1219de784a7
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.28
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/08/1
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8141c7f3e7aee618312fa1c15109e1219de784a7
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2012-0028
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0028
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0028
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2012-0028

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

CWE-264

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): COMPLETE
Integrity (I): COMPLETE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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