PT-2013-3611 · Linux+4 · Linux Kernel+4

Prasad Pandit · Published 2013-07-04 · Updated 2023-02-13 · CVE-2013-2234

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 3.10

Description The issue affects the Linux kernel, where the key notify sa flush and key notify policy flush functions in net/key/af key.c do not properly initialize certain structure members. This allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory by reading a broadcast message from the notify interface of an IPSec key socket.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 3.10, update to version 3.10 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2013-1178

CESA-2013_1645

CVE-2013-2234

DSA-2745-1

DSA-2766-1

MGASA-2013-0203

MGASA-2013-0204

MGASA-2013-0209

MGASA-2013-0211

MGASA-2013-0212

MGASA-2013-0213

MGASA-2013-0215

RHSA-2013:1166

RHSA-2013:1264

RHSA-2013:1645

RHSA-2013_1166

RHSA-2013_1645

SUSE-RU-2015:0621-1

SUSE-SU-2015:0481-1

SUSE-SU-2015:0581-1

SUSE-SU-2015:0652-1

SUSE-SU-2015:0736-1

SUSE-SU-2015:1174-1

SUSE-SU-2015:1376-1

USN-1912-1

USN-1913-1

USN-1938-1

USN-1941-1

USN-1942-1

USN-1943-1

USN-1944-1

USN-1945-1

USN-1946-1

USN-1947-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Centos

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

Suse

References · 71

• 🔥 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a5cc68f3d63306d0d288f31edfc2ae6ef8ecd887 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=a5cc68f3d63306d0d288f31edfc2ae6ef8ecd887 · Exploit
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1945-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2013-2585.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1944-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2013-0211 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-2234 · Vendor Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1645.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-2234 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2013-2234 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2013-0204.html · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1945-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2013-0212.html · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2234 · Security Note
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00129.html · Vendor Advisory