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CVE-2013-7270

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Date: January 6, 2014

The packet_recvmsg function in net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.4 updates a certain length value before ensuring that an associated data structure has been initialized, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a (1) recvfrom, (2) recvmmsg, or (3) recvmsg system call.

Language: C

Severity Score

6.2

Related Resources (25)

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2141-1

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2110-1

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/56036

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/55882

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-7270

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2135-1

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2113-1

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2013-7270

Url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f3d3342602f8bcbf37d7c46641cb9bca7618eb1c

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2136-1

Url: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90131

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-7270

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64744

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2128-1

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2117-1

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/31/7

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2138-1

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-7270

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2129-1

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2139-1

Url: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.12.4

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2109-1

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1039845

Url: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f3d3342602f8bcbf37d7c46641cb9bca7618eb1c

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2013-7270

Severity Score

6.2

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Input Validation

CWE-20

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	6.2
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.9
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE
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CVE-2013-7270

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Date: January 6, 2014

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (25)

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

CVSS v3.1

CVSS v2

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