CVE-2012-3510

Public Exploit

Description

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.

Category

5.6
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.09%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f0ec1aaf54caddd21c259aea8b2ecfbde4ee4fb9 exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/50811 third party advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=849722
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1323.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55144 vdb entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/20/12 mailing list
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f0ec1aaf54caddd21c259aea8b2ecfbde4ee4fb9
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027602 vdb entry
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.19

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-3510?
CVE-2012-3510 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-3510?
To fix CVE-2012-3510, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2012-3510 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2012-3510 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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