CVE-2012-4508

Public on 2012-11-20

Modified on 2014-09-14

Description

Race condition in fs/ext4/extents.c in the Linux kernel before 3.4.16 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from a deleted file by reading an extent that was not properly marked as uninitialized.

Severity

Important

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CVSS v3 Base Score

4.9

See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform	Package	Release Date	Advisory
Amazon Linux 1	kernel	2012-11-20	ALAS-2012-142

CVSS Scores

	Score Type	Score	Vector
Amazon Linux	CVSSv2	4.9	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
NVD	CVSSv2	1.9	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

References

FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity Red Hat: CVE-2012-4508 Mitre: CVE-2012-4508