CVE-2012-1568

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

01/03/2013

Last modified:

11/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 1.90 LOW
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0

1.90

Severity 2.0

LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:15:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:16:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:15:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:16:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:::::::*

CVE-2012-1568

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools