CVE-2012-6537 - CVE House
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Status published Low CVE-2012-6537

net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c in the Linux kernel before 3.6 does not initialize...

Vulnerability Description

net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c in the Linux kernel before 3.6 does not initialize certain structures, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

linux kernel, enterprise linux
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.3, 3.0.4, 3.0.5, 3.0.6, 3.0.7, 3.0.8, 3.0.9, 3.0.10, 3.0.11, 3.0.12, 3.0.13, 3.0.14, 3.0.15, 3.0.16, 3.0.17, 3.0.18, 3.0.19, 3.0.20, 3.0.21, 3.0.22, 3.0.23, 3.0.24, 3.0.25, 3.0.26, 3.0.27, 3.0.28, 3.0.29, 3.0.30, 3.0.31, 3.0.32, 3.0.33, 3.0.34, 3.0.35, 3.0.36, 3.0.37, 3.0.38, 3.0.39, 3.0.40, 3.0.41, 3.0.42, 3.0.43, 3.0.44, 3.0.45, 3.0.46, 3.0.47, 3.0.48, 3.0.49, 3.0.50, 3.0.51, 3.0.52, 3.0.53, 3.0.54, 3.0.55, 3.0.56, 3.0.57, 3.0.58, 3.0.59, 3.0.60, 3.0.61, 3.0.62, 3.0.63, 3.0.64, 3.0.65, 3.0.66, 3.0.67, 3.0.68, 3.1, 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.1.3, 3.1.4, 3.1.5, 3.1.6, 3.1.7, 3.1.8, 3.1.9, 3.1.10, 3.2, 3.2.1, 3.2.2, 3.2.3, 3.2.4, 3.2.5, 3.2.6, 3.2.7, 3.2.8, 3.2.9, 3.2.10, 3.2.11, 3.2.12, 3.2.13, 3.2.14, 3.2.15, 3.2.16, 3.2.17, 3.2.18, 3.2.19, 3.2.20, 3.2.21, 3.2.22, 3.2.23, 3.2.24, 3.2.25, 3.2.26, 3.2.27, 3.2.28, 3.2.29, 3.2.30, 3.3, 3.3.1, 3.3.2, 3.3.3, 3.3.4, 3.3.5, 3.3.6, 3.3.7, 3.3.8, 3.4, 3.4.1, 3.4.2, 3.4.3, 3.4.4, 3.4.5, 3.4.6, 3.4.7, 3.4.8, 3.4.9, 3.4.10, 3.4.11, 3.4.12, 3.4.13, 3.4.14, 3.4.15, 3.4.16, 3.4.17, 3.4.18, 3.4.19, 3.4.20, 3.4.21, 3.4.22, 3.4.23, 3.4.24, 3.4.25, 3.4.26, 3.4.27, 3.4.28, 3.4.29, 3.4.30, 3.4.31, 3.4.32, 3.5.1, 3.5.2, 3.5.3, 3.5.4, 3.5.5, 3.5.6, 5, 6.0

Timeline

Official Publish: March 14th, 2013
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.