PT-2013-3866 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Published 2013-03-22 · Updated 2013-04-05 · CVE-2013-2636

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

1.9

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 3.8.4

Description The issue allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted application, due to the failure of the net/bridge/br mdb.c module to initialize certain structures.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.8.4, update to version 3.8.4 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-2636

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 6

• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c085c49920b2f900ba716b4ca1c1a55ece9872cc · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2636 · Security Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/20/1 · Note
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c085c49920b2f900ba716b4ca1c1a55ece9872cc · Note
• http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.4 · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=923652 · Note