PT-2013-4243 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Mathias Krause · Published 2013-04-22 · Updated 2013-04-22 · CVE-2013-3237

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.9

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 3.9-rc7

Description The issue allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory. This is due to the vsock stream sendmsg function in net/vmw vsock/af vsock.c not initializing a certain length variable, which can be exploited via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 3.9-rc7, update to version 3.9-rc7 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-3237

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 8

• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d5e0d0f607a7a029c6563a0470d88255c89a8d11 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-3237 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2013-3237 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-3237 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/4/14/107 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-3237 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/14/3 · Note
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d5e0d0f607a7a029c6563a0470d88255c89a8d11 · Note