PT-2013-3612 · Linux+3 · Linux Kernel+3

Prasad Pandit · Published 2013-07-04 · Updated 2023-02-13 · CVE-2013-2237

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 3.9

Description The issue concerns the key notify policy flush function in the Linux kernel, which fails to initialize a certain structure member. This allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory by reading a broadcast message from the notify policy interface of an IPSec key socket.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 3.9, update to version 3.9 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CESA-2013_1173

CVE-2013-2237

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-2013:1173

RHSA-2013:1195

RHSA-2013:1264

RHSA-2013_1166

RHSA-2013_1173

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-1970-1

USN-1972-1

USN-1973-1

USN-1992-1

USN-1993-1

USN-1995-1

USN-1998-1

Affected Products

Centos

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

Suse

References · 69

• 🔥 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/85dfb745ee40232876663ae206cba35f24ab2a40 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=85dfb745ee40232876663ae206cba35f24ab2a40 · Exploit
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2013-1173.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2013-2237 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-2237 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2237 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1993-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1992-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2013-0204 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-2237 · Vendor Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1173.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2013-2542.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2013-2543.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2013-0211 · Vendor Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1166.html · Vendor Advisory