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CVE-2012-2697 json

Unspecified vulnerability in autofs, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, allows local users to cause a denial of service (autofs…

published 2013-02-24 13 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-2677

cvss
4.9
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 33%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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."

Patch / fix

  • autofs Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 5.0.6-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2697

  • autofs RHEL 5 1:5.0.1-0.rc2.177.el5

red hat advisories RHSA-2013:0132

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2012-2697 updated cvss 1.9

autofs: denial of service when using an LDAP-based automount map

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) autofs 5.0.1-0.rc2.177.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) autofs 5.0.1-0.rc2.177.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:0132

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 33% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.9 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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