CVE-2013-3228
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
4.9
Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Linux kernel Affected 2 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 3.9 | Affected | — |
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 3.8.11-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 3.8.11-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 3.8.11-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 3.8.11-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 3.8.11-1 |
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5ae94c0d2f0bed41d6718be743985d61b7f5c47d
- 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/5ae94c0d2f0bed41d6718be743985d61b7f5c47d
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/4/14/107
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-3228
CWEs
CWE-200
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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