CVE-2013-3228
4.9 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
5.7 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
The irda_recvmsg_dgram function in net/irda/af_irda.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.
Affected configurations
| CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux:linux_kernel | linux linux kernel | le | 3.9 |
References
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5ae94c0d2f0bed41d6718be743985d61b7f5c47d
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/103750.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/104480.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00016.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00018.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00129.html
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/14/3
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1837-1
github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/5ae94c0d2f0bed41d6718be743985d61b7f5c47d
lkml.org/lkml/2013/4/14/107
Related
4.9 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
5.7 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%