Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 automount input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. It has been classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component automount. The manipulation leads to input validation. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2012-2697. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (Operating System) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component automount. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in autofs, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, allows local users to cause a denial of service (autofs crash and delayed mounts) or prevent "mount expiration" via unspecified vectors related to "using an LDAP-based automount map."

The weakness was published 02/24/2013 with Red Hat as Bug 831772 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-2697 since 05/14/2012. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/31/2024).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 68703 (Oracle Linux 5 : autofs (ELSA-2013-0132)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 156491 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Update for autofs Security, Bug Fix and Enhancement Update (ELSA-2013-0132)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (68703), SecurityFocus (BID 57183†), OSVDB (89878†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-38088†). Similar entries are available at VDB-40441, VDB-40435, VDB-44379 and VDB-100039. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 68703
Nessus Name: Oracle Linux 5 : autofs (ELSA-2013-0132)
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OpenVAS ID: 881558
OpenVAS Name: CentOS Update for autofs CESA-2013:0132 centos5
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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05/14/2012 🔍
01/08/2013 +239 days 🔍
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02/24/2013 +39 days 🔍
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03/24/2015 +620 days 🔍
12/31/2024 +3570 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: Bug 831772
Organization: Red Hat
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-2697 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-2697
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-63635

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SecurityFocus: 57183 - Red Hat autofs utility Local Denial of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: 89878
Vulnerability Center: 38088 - Red Hat autofs Utility 5.0.1 With LDAP Local DoS Vulnerability - CVE-2012-2697, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 12:22
Updated: 12/31/2024 07:33
Changes: 03/24/2015 12:22 (68), 04/23/2017 19:31 (6), 12/29/2021 14:36 (2), 12/31/2024 07:33 (28)
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