CVEvulnerability
CVE-2012-0055
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-02-19
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-862
Description
OverlayFS in the Linux kernel before 3.0.0-16.28, as used in Ubuntu 10.0.4 LTS and 11.10, is missing inode security checks which could allow attackers to bypass security restrictions and perform unauthorized actions.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (< 3.0.0)
• canonical ubuntu linux 10.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 11.10
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization weakness
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/17/11 Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1363-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1364-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1384-1 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-0055 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/915941 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-0055 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/17/11 Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1363-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1364-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1384-1 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-0055 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/915941 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-0055 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory