CVE-2012-5536 — Improper Input Validation in Redhat Enterprise Linux

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation4 documents4 sources
Severity
6.2MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 84.73%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Redhat Enterprise Linux
Timeline
PublishedFeb 22
Latest updateMay 14

Description

A certain Red Hat build of the pam_ssh_agent_auth module on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 and Fedora Rawhide calls the glibc error function instead of the error function in the OpenSSH codebase, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from process memory or possibly gain privileges via crafted use of an application that relies on this module, as demonstrated by su and sudo.

CVSS vector

AV:L/AC:H/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 1.9 | Impact: 10.0

Affected Packages0 packages

Also affects: Enterprise Linux 6.0

Patches

Patch: pkgs.fedoraproject.org ↗Patch: pkgs.fedoraproject.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-xw28-c23x-fjj4: A certain Red Hat build of the pam_ssh_agent_auth module on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 and Fedora Rawhide calls the glibc error function instea↗2022-05-14
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
pam_ssh_agent_auth: symbol crash leading to glibc error() called incorrectly↗2013-02-21
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2012-5536 pam_ssh_agent_auth: symbol crash leading to glibc error() called incorrectly↗2012-06-22
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