CVE-2012-3430 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2012-3430?

CVE-2012-3430 is a low-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 3 Oct 2012. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-3430?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2012-3430?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2012-3430 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2012-3430 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3430, GHSA-63jf-wgmw-jw76.