Red Hat autofs utility Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:57183

Info

Red Hat autofs utility Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 57183
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2012-2697
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Jan 08 2013 12:00AM
Updated: Jan 17 2013 01:30PM
Credit: Red Hat Security
Vulnerable: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 client
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server
Red Hat autofs5 5.0.1
Oracle Enterprise Linux 5
CentOS CentOS 5
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Red Hat autofs utility Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

Red Hat autofs utility is prone to a local denial-of-service vulnerability.

Attackers may leverage this issue to crash the affected application, denying service to legitimate users.

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