Ubuntu.comUB:CVE-2013-3236CVE-2013-3236
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
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
The vmci_transport_dgram_dequeue function in net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c
in the Linux kernel before 3.9-rc7 does not properly 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.
Bugs
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| apw | add introducing commit |
References
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=680d04e0ba7e926233e3b9cee59125ce181f66ba
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/14/3
github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/680d04e0ba7e926233e3b9cee59125ce181f66ba
launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-3236
lkml.org/lkml/2013/4/14/107
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-3236
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-3236
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-3236
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
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%