Information Exposure Affecting perf package, versions <0:2.6.32-358.6.1.el6


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-PERF-1458909
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed19 Sept 2012

Introduced: 19 Sep 2012

CVE-2012-6537  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 perf to version 0:2.6.32-358.6.1.el6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2013:0744.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perf package and not the perf package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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