UBUNTU-CVE-2012-4503

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2012-4503

    Published: 5 Nov 2013Last Modified: 16 Jul 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2012-4503

    Summary:

    Details: cmdmon.c in Chrony before 1.29 allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information from stack memory via vectors related to (1) an invalid subnet in a RPY_SUBNETS_ACCESSED command to the handle_subnets_accessed function or (2) a RPY_CLIENT_ACCESSES command to the handle_client_accesses function when client logging is disabled, which causes uninitialized data to be included in a reply.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-4503, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4503

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: chrony

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.29-1

    Affected versions

    1.26-4

    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