CVE-2012-2677

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2012-06-05
Bugzilla:
828856: CVE-2012-2677 boost: ordered_malloc() overflow

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Integer overflow in the ordered_malloc function in boost/pool/pool.hpp in Boost Pool before 3.9 makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to perform memory-related attacks such as buffer overflows via a large memory chunk size value, which causes less memory to be allocated than expected.

Find out more about CVE-2012-2677 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 5.1
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (boost) RHSA-2013:0668 2013-03-21
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (boost) RHSA-2013:0668 2013-03-21

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