CVE-2012-2313
low
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
1.2
Description
The rio_ioctl function in drivers/net/ethernet/dlink/dl2k.c in the Linux kernel before 3.3.7 does not restrict access to the SIOCSMIIREG command, which allows local users to write data to an Ethernet adapter via an ioctl call.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Linux kernel Affected 7 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 3.3.5 | Affected | — |
| 3.3.4 | Affected | — |
| 3.3.3 | Affected | — |
| 3.3.2 | Affected | — |
| 3.3.1 | Affected | — |
| 3.3 | Affected | — |
| — | Affected | — |
Red Hat Affected 3 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 5.6.z | Affected | — |
| 5.0 | Affected | — |
| 5 | Affected | — |
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 10.0 | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 3.2.19-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 3.2.19-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 3.2.19-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 3.2.19-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 3.2.19-1 |
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1bb57e940e1958e40d51f2078f50c3a96a9b2d75
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1174.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1481.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1541.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1589.html
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.3.7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/04/8
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53965
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=818820
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1bb57e940e1958e40d51f2078f50c3a96a9b2d75
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2313
CWEs
CWE-264
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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