CVE-2012-2123 (GCVE-0-2012-2123)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2012-05-17 10:00
Modified
2024-08-06 19:26
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
The cap_bprm_set_creds function in security/commoncap.c in the Linux kernel before 3.3.3 does not properly handle the use of file system capabilities (aka fcaps) for implementing a privileged executable file, which allows local users to bypass intended personality restrictions via a crafted application, as demonstrated by an attack that uses a parent process to disable ASLR.
References
secalert@redhat.com http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d52fc5dde171f030170a6cb78034d166b13c9445 Broken Link
secalert@redhat.com http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0670.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.com http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0743.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.com http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2469 Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.com http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.3.3 Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.com http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/20/6 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53166 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.com http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027072 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.com https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=806722 Issue Tracking
secalert@redhat.com https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75043 VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.com https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d52fc5dde171f030170a6cb78034d166b13c9445 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d52fc5dde171f030170a6cb78034d166b13c9445 Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0670.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0743.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2469 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.3.3 Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/20/6 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53166 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027072 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=806722 Issue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75043 VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d52fc5dde171f030170a6cb78034d166b13c9445 Third Party Advisory
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