CVE-2013-3237
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
4.9
Description
The vsock_stream_sendmsg function in net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.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 | 0 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 0 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 0 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 0 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 0 |
| 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=d5e0d0f607a7a029c6563a0470d88255c89a8d11
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/14/3
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d5e0d0f607a7a029c6563a0470d88255c89a8d11
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/4/14/107
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-3237
CWEs
CWE-200
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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