Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,3.4.16)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.37% (58th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3006131
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed21 Dec 2012
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 21 Dec 2012

CVE-2012-0957  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-16  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 3.4.16 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS). The override_release function in kernel/sys.c in the Linux kernel before 3.4.16 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a uname system call in conjunction with a UNAME26 personality.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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