National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-0179

Overview

Double free vulnerability in tcpip.sys in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 and R2 SP1 and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application that binds an IPv6 address to a local interface, aka "TCP/IP Double Free Vulnerability."

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA12-129A

Name: TA12-129A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-129A.html

External Source: MS

Name: MS12-032

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS12-032

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1027044

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027044

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 49114

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/49114

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14908

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14908

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 81729

Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/81729