CVE-2012-2313

Public on 2012-05-21

Modified on 2014-09-14

Description

The rio_ioctl function in drivers/net/ethernet/dlink/dl2k.c in the Linux kernel before 3.3.7 does not restrict access to the SIOCSMIIREG command, which allows local users to write data to an Ethernet adapter via an ioctl call.

Severity

Low

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CVSS v3 Base Score

1.2

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Affected Packages

Platform	Package	Release Date	Advisory
Amazon Linux 1	kernel	2012-05-21 16:47	ALAS-2012-78
Amazon Linux 1	kernel	2012-10-08 10:43	ALAS-2012-133

CVSS Scores

	Score Type	Score	Vector
Amazon Linux	CVSSv2	1.2	AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD	CVSSv2	1.2	AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

Red Hat: CVE-2012-2313 Mitre: CVE-2012-2313 FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity