Ubuntu.comUB:CVE-2013-3237CVE-2013-3237
4.9 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access 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
5.3%
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.
Bugs
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| apw | set break commit to when VSOCK was introduced |
References
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=d5e0d0f607a7a029c6563a0470d88255c89a8d11
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/14/3
github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d5e0d0f607a7a029c6563a0470d88255c89a8d11
launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-3237
lkml.org/lkml/2013/4/14/107
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-3237
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-3237
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-3237
Related
4.9 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access 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
5.3%