Vulnerability Report

CVE-2012-1090

Title: Redhat Enterprise Mrg Denial of Service (DoS)

DoS

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2012-1090.

CWE Category CWE-20
Published Date May 17, 2012
Modified Date Apr 29, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 5.5 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.06%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2012-1090: The cifs_lookup function in fs/cifs/dir.c in the Linux kernel before 3.2.10 allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via attempted access to a special file, as demonstrated by a FIFO.

Impacted Vendors

S
suse 3
R
redhat 1
L
linux 1
U
ubuntu 1

Reference Links

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00021.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00013.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0481.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0531.html http://secunia.com/advisories/48842 http://secunia.com/advisories/48964 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.10 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/28/4 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=798293 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/88d7d4e4a439f32acc56a6d860e415ee71d3df08 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00021.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00013.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0481.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0531.html http://secunia.com/advisories/48842 http://secunia.com/advisories/48964 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.10 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/28/4 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=798293 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/88d7d4e4a439f32acc56a6d860e415ee71d3df08
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.5
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
4.9
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2012-1090 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector LOCAL
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.