PT-2014-3319 · Linux+2 · Linux Kernel+2

Published 2013-12-09 · Updated 2017-08-29 · CVE-2013-7269

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 3.12.4

Description The issue allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory. This can be achieved via certain system calls, including recvfrom, recvmmsg, or recvmsg. The nr recvmsg function in net/netrom/af netrom.c updates a length value without ensuring the associated data structure has been initialized.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 3.12.4, update to version 3.12.4 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2013-1264

ALT-PU-2014-1422

ALT-PU-2014-1547

CVE-2013-7269

SUSE-SU-2015:0652-1

USN-2109-1

USN-2110-1

USN-2113-1

USN-2117-1

USN-2128-1

USN-2129-1

USN-2135-1

USN-2136-1

USN-2138-1

USN-2139-1

USN-2141-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Linux Kernel

Suse

References · 39

• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2139-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-7269 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2113-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2139-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2129-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2110-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2129-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2117-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2136-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2109-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-7269 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-7269 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2135-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2141-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2138-1 · Vendor Advisory