UBUNTU-CVE-2012-3430

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2012-3430

    Published: 27 Jul 2012Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2012-3430
    Aliases:
    USN-1260-1
    USN-1567-1
    USN-1568-1

    Summary:

    Details: The rds_recvmsg function in net/rds/recv.c in the Linux kernel before 3.0.44 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a (1) recvfrom or (2) recvmsg system call on an RDS socket.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-3430, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/26/3, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1567-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1568-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1572-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1573-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1574-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1575-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1260-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1577-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1578-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1579-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1580-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3430

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.11.0-12.19

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High