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.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-1586 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T19:01:02.689Z

Reserved: 2012-03-12T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2012-1568

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2013-03-01T05:40:15.067

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2012-1568

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2012-03-17T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-1568 - Bugzilla

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