CVE-2012-0879
Published May 17, 2012
Last updated 2 years ago
Overview
- Description
- The I/O implementation for block devices in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33 does not properly handle the CLONE_IO feature, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (I/O instability) by starting multiple processes that share an I/O context.
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
- NVD status
- Modified
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Risk scores
CVSS 3.1
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 5.5
- Impact score
- 3.6
- Exploitability score
- 1.8
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Severity
- MEDIUM
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 4.9
- Impact score
- 6.9
- Exploitability score
- 3.9
- Vector string
- AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-400
Configurations
[
{
"nodes": [
{
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "A01490AB-675E-4BA1-916D-F2A0D6CB27FD",
"versionEndExcluding": "2.6.33"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
},
{
"nodes": [
{
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "01EDA41C-6B2E-49AF-B503-EB3882265C11"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
},
{
"nodes": [
{
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "036E8A89-7A16-411F-9D31-676313BB7244"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
},
{
"nodes": [
{
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "60FBDD82-691C-4D9D-B71B-F9AFF6931B53"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "00720D8C-3FF3-4B1C-B74B-91F01A544399"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_high_availability_extension:11:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "EB74DEB4-2BD1-4A65-AFDA-C331BC20C178"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "EE26596F-F10E-44EF-88CA-0080646E91B9"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp1:*:*:*:vmware:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "A6B7CDCA-6F39-4113-B5D3-3AA9D7F3D809"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "F084E6C1-8DB0-4D1F-B8EB-5D2CD9AD6E87"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]