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CVE-2013-2237

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Date: July 4, 2013

The key_notify_policy_flush function in net/key/af_key.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory by reading a broadcast message from the notify_policy interface of an IPSec key_socket.

Language: C

Severity Score

4.0

Related Resources (25)

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=981220

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1173.html

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1992-1

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2766

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1993-1

Url: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.9.bz2

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1972-1

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1970-1

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-2237

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-09/msg00004.html

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1166.html

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1912-1

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2237

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1913-1

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

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-09/msg00003.html

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2013-2237

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1973-1

Url: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=85dfb745ee40232876663ae206cba35f24ab2a40

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1995-1

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2237

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1998-1

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/04/3

Url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/85dfb745ee40232876663ae206cba35f24ab2a40

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2013-2237

Severity Score

4.0

Weakness Type (CWE)

Buffer Errors

CWE-119

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	4.0
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	LOW
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	2.1
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE
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CVE-2013-2237

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Date: July 4, 2013

Language: C

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