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CVE-2012-0879

CVE information

Published

11 years ago

Last Modified

3 months ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Medium

CVSSv3.1 Severity

Medium

Impact Analysis

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Description

The I/O implementation for block devices in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33 does not properly handle the CLONE_IO feature, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (I/O instability) by starting multiple processes that share an I/O context..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
Medium
Base Score
4.9/10
Exploit Score
3.9/10
Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
6.9/10
Confidentiality Impact
None
Availability Impact
Complete
Integrity Impact
None

CVSSv3.1 Score

Severity
Medium
Base Score
5.5/10
Exploit Score
1.8/10
Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
Impact Score
3.6/10
Confidentiality Impact
None
Availability Impact
High
Integrity Impact
None
Scope
Unchanged
User Interaction
None

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- 2.6.33
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp1:*:*:*:vmware:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_high_availability_extension:
  Yes
- -

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