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CVE-2013-2546

Date: March 14, 2013

The report API in the crypto user configuration API in the Linux kernel through 3.8.2 uses an incorrect C library function for copying strings, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability.

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (13)

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1793-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1794-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1795-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1796-1
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9a5467bf7b6e9e02ec9c3da4e23747c05faeaac6
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00129.html
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2013-2546
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9a5467bf7b6e9e02ec9c3da4e23747c05faeaac6
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2546
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1797-1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/05/13
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2013-2546

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Cryptographic Issues

CWE-310

CVSS v3.1

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