PT-2014-3320 · Linux+4 · Linux Kernel+4

Hannes Frederic Sowa · Published 2013-12-09 · Updated 2017-08-29 · CVE-2013-7270

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 is achieved through the packet recvmsg function, which updates a certain length value before ensuring that an associated data structure has been initialized. The sensitive information can be obtained via a (1) recvfrom, (2) recvmmsg, or (3) recvmsg system call.

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

CESA-2014_0328

CVE-2013-7270

RHSA-2014:0328

RHSA-2014_0328

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

Centos

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

Suse

References · 39

• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2139-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2141-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-7270 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2113-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2139-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-7270 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2013-7270 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2129-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2110-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2117-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2129-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2109-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-7270 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-7270 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2135-1 · Vendor Advisory