CVE-2013-3223

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Description

The ax25_recvmsg function in net/ax25/af_ax25.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9-rc7 does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call.

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=ef3313e84acbf349caecae942ab3ab731471f1a1

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/103750.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/104480.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00016.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00018.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00129.html

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/14/3

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1837-1

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ef3313e84acbf349caecae942ab3ab731471f1a1

https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/4/14/107

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2013-04-22

Updated: 2017-11-29

Type: CWE-200

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Impact Score: 6.9

Exploitability Score: 3.9

Severity: MEDIUM

Vulnerable Software

Configuration 1

OR

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to 3.9 (inclusive)

Tenable Plugins

View all (17 total)

IDNameProductFamilySeverity
83618SUSE SLES10 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2014:0536-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
medium
83611SUSE SLES11 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2014:0287-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
83603SUSE SLES10 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2013:1832-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
74878openSUSE Security Update : kernel (openSUSE-SU-2013:1971-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
68954SuSE 11.3 Security Update : Linux kernel (SAT Patch Numbers 7991 / 7992 / 7994)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
medium
66975Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDVSA-2013:176)NessusMandriva Local Security Checks
high
66912SuSE 11.2 Security Update : Linux kernel (SAT Patch Numbers 7811 / 7813 / 7814)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
medium
66904Ubuntu 12.10 : linux vulnerabilities (USN-1881-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
medium
66903Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux-lts-quantal vulnerabilities (USN-1880-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
medium
66902Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux vulnerabilities (USN-1878-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
medium
66901Ubuntu 10.04 LTS : linux-ec2 vulnerabilities (USN-1877-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
medium
66900Ubuntu 10.04 LTS : linux vulnerabilities (USN-1876-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
medium
66590Ubuntu 13.04 : linux vulnerabilities (USN-1837-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
medium
66486Debian DSA-2669-1 : linux - privilege escalation/denial of service/information leakNessusDebian Local Security Checks
high
66431Debian DSA-2668-1 : linux-2.6 - privilege escalation/denial of service/information leakNessusDebian Local Security Checks
medium
66310Fedora 17 : kernel-3.8.11-100.fc17 (2013-6999)NessusFedora Local Security Checks
medium
66248Fedora 18 : kernel-3.8.8-203.fc18 (2013-6537)NessusFedora Local Security Checks
medium