CVE-2013-3222
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
4.9
Description
The vcc_recvmsg function in net/atm/common.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9-rc7 does not initialize a certain length variable, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 3.8.11-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 3.8.11-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 3.8.11-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 3.8.11-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 3.8.11-1 |
| linux-kernel | affected | | |
| linux-kernel | 3.9 | affected | |
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9b3e617f3df53822345a8573b6d358f6b9e5ed87
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/103750.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/104480.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00016.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00018.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00129.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1051.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/14/3
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1837-1
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9b3e617f3df53822345a8573b6d358f6b9e5ed87
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/4/14/107
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-3222
CWEs
CWE-200
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.