| Revision Date: | 2013-03-15 | Version: | 1 | | Title: | CVE-2012-6538 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - 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 16.04 LTS
| Product(s): | | | Definition Synopsis | | Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed. AND Package Information
linux package in xenial, is related to the CVE in some way and has been fixed (note: '4.2.0-16.19').
OR linux-aws package in xenial, is related to the CVE in some way and has been fixed (note: '4.4.0-1001.10').
OR linux-flo: while related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore this issue (note: 'abandoned').
OR linux-gke package in xenial, is related to the CVE in some way and has been fixed (note: '4.4.0-1003.3').
OR linux-goldfish package in xenial, is related to the CVE in some way and has been fixed (note: '3.4.0-4.27').
OR linux-hwe package in xenial, is related to the CVE in some way and has been fixed (note: '4.8.0-36.36~16.04.1').
OR linux-mako: while related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore this issue (note: 'abandoned').
OR linux-meta package in xenial, is related to the CVE in some way and has been fixed (note: '4.2.0-16.19').
OR linux-meta-aws package in xenial, is related to the CVE in some way and has been fixed (note: '4.4.0-1001.10').
OR linux-meta-hwe package in xenial, is related to the CVE in some way and has been fixed (note: '4.8.0-36.36~16.04.1').
OR linux-meta-raspi2 package in xenial, is related to the CVE in some way and has been fixed (note: '4.2.0-1013.19').
OR linux-meta-snapdragon package in xenial, is related to the CVE in some way and has been fixed (note: '4.4.0-1012.12').
OR linux-raspi2 package in xenial, is related to the CVE in some way and has been fixed (note: '4.2.0-1013.19').
OR linux-signed package in xenial, is related to the CVE in some way and has been fixed (note: '4.2.0-16.19').
OR linux-signed-hwe package in xenial, is related to the CVE in some way and has been fixed (note: '4.8.0-36.36~16.04.1').
OR linux-snapdragon package in xenial, is related to the CVE in some way and has been fixed (note: '4.4.0-1012.12').
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