Oval Definition:	oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:20120957000
Revision Date: 2012-12-21 Version: 1 Title: CVE-2012-0957 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - low. Description: The override_release function in kernel/sys.c in the Linux kernel before 3.4.16 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a uname system call in conjunction with a UNAME26 personality. Brad Spengler discovered a flaw in the Linux kernel's uname system call. An unprivileged user could exploit this flaw to read kernel stack memory. Family: unix Class: vulnerability Status: Reference(s): CVE-2012-0957 Platform(s): Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Product(s): Definition Synopsis Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) is installed. AND Package Information The 'linux' package in precise was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '3.2.0-34.53'). OR The 'linux-armadaxp' package in precise was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '3.2.0-1611.16'). OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'abandoned'). OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'abandoned'). OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'abandoned'). OR The 'linux-lts-quantal' package in precise was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '3.5.0-19.30~precise1'). OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-lts-trusty' package in precise is not affected (note: '3.13.0-24.46~precise1'). OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'abandoned'). OR The 'linux-ti-omap4' package in precise was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '3.2.0-1422.29').
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