CVE-2012-1568 (GCVE-0-2012-1568)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-03-01 02:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 19:01
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
5 references
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|---|---|
| http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2012/03/so… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://oss.oracle.com/git/?p=redpatch.git%3Ba=co… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/20/4 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/21/3 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=804947 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
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