{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "secalert@redhat.com", "ID": "CVE-2012-1568", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "n/a", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "The ExecShield feature in a certain Red Hat patch for the Linux kernel in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 and 6 and Fedora 15 and 16 does not properly handle use of many shared libraries by a 32-bit executable file, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism by leveraging a predictable base address for one of these libraries." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2012/03/some-random-observations-on-linux-aslr.html", "refsource": "MISC", "url": "http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2012/03/some-random-observations-on-linux-aslr.html" }, { "name": "https://oss.oracle.com/git/?p=redpatch.git;a=commit;h=302a4fc15aebf202b6dffd6c804377c6058ee6e4", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "https://oss.oracle.com/git/?p=redpatch.git;a=commit;h=302a4fc15aebf202b6dffd6c804377c6058ee6e4" }, { "name": "[oss-security] 20120320 Re: CVE request -- kernel: execshield: predictable ascii armour base address", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/20/4" }, { "name": "[oss-security] 20120321 Re: CVE request -- kernel: execshield: predictable ascii armour base address", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/21/3" }, { "name": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=804947", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=804947" } ] } }