NVD
- Id
- 47219
- Name
- CVE-2012-6538
- 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.
- Reject
- CVSS Version
- 2
- CVSS Score
- 1.9
- Severity
- Low
- CVSS Base Score
- 1.9
- CVSS Impact Subscore
- 2.9
- CVSS Exploit Subscore
- 3.4
- CVSS Vector
- (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
- Pub Date
- 2017-01-19
- Published
- 2013-03-15
- Modified Date
- 2013-06-04
- Seq
- 2012-6538