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CVE-2013-2636

Date: March 22, 2013

net/bridge/br_mdb.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.4 does not initialize certain structures, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted application.

Language: C

Severity Score

2.5

Related Resources (7)

Url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c085c49920b2f900ba716b4ca1c1a55ece9872cc

Url: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.4

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=923652

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/20/1

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2636

Url: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c085c49920b2f900ba716b4ca1c1a55ece9872cc

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2013-2636

Severity Score

2.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Resource Management Errors

CWE-399

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	2.5
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	LOW
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	1.9
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE
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