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
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
The caif_seqpkt_recvmsg function in net/caif/caif_socket.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.
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
linux | linux_kernel | * | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* |
linux | linux_kernel | 3.9 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
linux | linux_kernel | 3.9 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
linux | linux_kernel | 3.9 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
linux | linux_kernel | 3.9 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
linux | linux_kernel | 3.9 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* |
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2d6fbfe733f35c6b355c216644e08e149c61b271
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/2d6fbfe733f35c6b355c216644e08e149c61b271
lkml.org/lkml/2013/4/14/107