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.
CVE-2012-1568 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 2 products from fedoraproject, from redhat organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.
Documented in 2013, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.
2013-03-01T05:40:15.067
2025-04-11T00:51:21.963
Deferred
CVSSv2: 1.9 (LOW)
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
3.4
2.9
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating System | fedoraproject | fedora | 15 | Yes |
| Operating System | fedoraproject | fedora | 16 | Yes |
| Operating System | redhat | enterprise_linux | 5 | Yes |
| Operating System | redhat | enterprise_linux | 6.0 | Yes |
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