ubuntu-cve-2012-2697
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2013-02-24 21:55
Modified
2025-07-16 04:50
Summary
Details

Unspecified vulnerability in autofs, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, allows local users to cause a denial of service (autofs crash and delayed mounts) or prevent "mount expiration" via unspecified vectors related to "using an LDAP-based automount map."

Severity
N/A (UNKNOWN)
low
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "autofs",
            "binary_version": "5.0.7-3ubuntu3.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "autofs-hesiod",
            "binary_version": "5.0.7-3ubuntu3.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "autofs-ldap",
            "binary_version": "5.0.7-3ubuntu3.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "autofs5",
            "binary_version": "5.0.7-3ubuntu3.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "autofs5-hesiod",
            "binary_version": "5.0.7-3ubuntu3.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "autofs5-ldap",
            "binary_version": "5.0.7-3ubuntu3.1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "autofs",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/autofs@5.0.7-3ubuntu3.1?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "5.0.7-3ubuntu3.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "5.0.7-3ubuntu1",
        "5.0.7-3ubuntu2",
        "5.0.7-3ubuntu3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "Unspecified vulnerability in autofs, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, allows local users to cause a denial of service (autofs crash and delayed mounts) or prevent \"mount expiration\" via unspecified vectors related to \"using an LDAP-based automount map.\"",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2012-2697",
  "modified": "2025-07-16T04:50:06Z",
  "published": "2013-02-24T21:55:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-2697"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0132.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.file-systems/55530"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-2697"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "low",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2012-2697"
  ],
  "withdrawn": "2025-07-18T16:42:46Z"
}



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