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CVE-2013-3237

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Date: October 3, 2022

The vsock_stream_sendmsg function in net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9-rc7 does not initialize a certain length variable, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call.

Language: C

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Related Resources (7)

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d5e0d0f607a7a029c6563a0470d88255c89a8d11
https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/4/14/107
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-3237
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/14/3
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-3237
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d5e0d0f607a7a029c6563a0470d88255c89a8d11
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2013-3237

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Information Leak / Disclosure

CWE-200

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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): HIGH
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): NONE

CVSS v2

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