| Revision Date: | 2013-03-15 | Version: | 1 | | Title: | CVE-2012-6538 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - low. | | Description: | The copy_to_user_auth function in net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c in the Linux kernel before 3.6 uses an incorrect C library function for copying a string, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability. Mathias Krause discovered an information leak in the Linux kernel's xfrm_user copy_to_user_auth function. A local user could exploit this flaw to examine parts of kernel heap memory.
| | Family: | unix | Class: | vulnerability | | Status: | | Reference(s): | CVE-2012-6538
| | Platform(s): | Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
| Product(s): | | | Definition Synopsis | | Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) is installed. AND Package Information
NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux' package in trusty is not affected (note: '3.11.0-12.19').
OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-aws' package in trusty is not affected (note: '4.4.0-1002.2').
OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'was needed now end-of-life').
OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'was needed now end-of-life').
OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'abandoned').
OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-lts-utopic' package in trusty is not affected (note: '3.16.0-25.33~14.04.2').
OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-lts-vivid' package in trusty is not affected (note: '3.19.0-18.18~14.04.1').
OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-lts-wily' package in trusty is not affected (note: '4.2.0-18.22~14.04.1').
OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-lts-xenial' package in trusty is not affected (note: '4.4.0-13.29~14.04.1').
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: 'was needed now end-of-life').
OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-manta' package in trusty is not affected (note: '3.4.0-5.22').
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