CVE-2012-5536

Public Exploit

Description

A certain Red Hat build of the pam_ssh_agent_auth module on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 and Fedora Rawhide calls the glibc error function instead of the error function in the OpenSSH codebase, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from process memory or possibly gain privileges via crafted use of an application that relies on this module, as demonstrated by su and sudo.

Category

6.2
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.05%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0519.html vendor advisory
http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/openssh.git/commit/?id=4f4687ce8045418f678c323bb22c837f35d7b9fa patch exploit
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=834618

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-5536?
CVE-2012-5536 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-5536?
To fix CVE-2012-5536, 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-2012-5536 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2012-5536 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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