CVE-2013-7268 (GCVE-0-2013-7268)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-01-06 11:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 18:01
VLAI?
Summary
The ipx_recvmsg function in net/ipx/af_ipx.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.4 updates a certain length value without 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.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2135-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2138-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2113-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2141-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1039845 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2110-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2129-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2136-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2128-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2139-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/Chang… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2117-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvald… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/56036 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2109-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/31/7 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f3d33426… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/55882 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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