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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2012-2127 Detail

Description

fs/proc/root.c in the procfs implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.2 does not properly interact with CLONE_NEWPID clone system calls, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reference leak and memory consumption) by making many connections to a daemon that uses PID namespaces to isolate clients, as demonstrated by vsftpd.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=905ad269c55fc62bee3da29f7b1d1efeba8aa1e1
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1607-1
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.2.bz2 Patch 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/20/25 Exploit 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/22/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55774
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1594-1
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=757783 Exploit 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=815188 Exploit 
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/905ad269c55fc62bee3da29f7b1d1efeba8aa1e1 Exploit  Patch 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-2127
NVD Published Date:
06/21/2012
NVD Last Modified:
02/12/2023
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.