Vulnerability CVE-2012-2697

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2012-2697 (CCN-81203)

Assigned:

2012-05-14

Published:

2013-01-07

Updated:

2016-12-08

Summary:

Unspecified vulnerability in autofs, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, allows local users to cause a denial of service (autofs crash and delayed mounts) or prevent "mount expiration" via unspecified vectors related to "using an LDAP-based automount map."

CVSS v3 Severity:

4.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Local Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Low

CVSS v2 Severity:

4.9 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
3.7 Low (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Local Access Complexity (AC): Low Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Complete

2.1 Low (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
1.6 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Local Access Complexity (AC): Low Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Partial

1.9 Low (REDHAT CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
1.4 Low (REDHAT Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Local Access Complexity (AC): Medium Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Partial

Vulnerability Type:

CWE-20

Vulnerability Consequences:

Denial of Service

References:

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2012-2697

Source: CONFIRM
Type: UNKNOWN
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705

Source: CCN
Type: RHSA-2013-0132
Low: autofs security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Source: REDHAT
Type: Vendor Advisory
RHSA-2013:0132

Source: OSVDB
Type: UNKNOWN
89878

Source: CCN
Type: Red Hat Web site
autofs

Source: BID
Type: UNKNOWN
57183

Source: CCN
Type: BID-57183
Red Hat autofs utility Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

Source: CCN
Type: Red Hat Bugzilla Bug 831772
CVE-2012-2697 autofs: denial of service when using an LDAP-based automount map

Source: MISC
Type: UNKNOWN
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=831772

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
redhat-autofs-dos(81203)

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration RedHat 1:

cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration RedHat 2:

cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5::client:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration RedHat 3:

cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5::server:*:*:*:*:*

Denotes that component is vulnerable

Oval Definitions

Definition ID	Class	Title	Last Modified
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23348	P	ELSA-2013:0132: autofs security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Low)	2014-05-26
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20250	P	RHSA-2013:0132: autofs security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Low)	2014-02-17
oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:20122697000	V	CVE-2012-2697 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - low.	2013-02-24
oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20122697000	V	CVE-2012-2697 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - low.	2013-02-24
oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20130132	P	RHSA-2013:0132: autofs security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Low)	2013-01-08

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