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CVE-2012-1568

Public on 2012-03-23
Modified on 2014-09-14
Description

The ExecShield feature in a certain Red Hat patch for the Linux kernel in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 and 6 and Fedora 15 and 16 does not properly handle use of many shared libraries by a 32-bit executable file, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism by leveraging a predictable base address for one of these libraries.

Severity
Low
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CVSS v3 Base Score
1.9
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 kernel 2012-03-23 14:18 ALAS-2012-58
Amazon Linux 1 kernel 2012-11-20 06:34 ALAS-2012-142

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 1.9 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
NVD CVSSv2 1.9 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N