LOW
Kernel: signal: information leak in tkill/tgkill
Published Jun 7, 2013
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.59%
Description
The do_tkill function in kernel/signal.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9 does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted application that makes a (1) tkill or (2) tgkill system call.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 3.8.8
- 3.8.0
- 3.8.1
- 3.8.2
- 3.8.3
- 3.8.4
- 3.8.5
- 3.8.6
- 3.8.7
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
kernel-0:2.6.18-348.18.1.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2013:1292
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
kernel-0:2.6.32-431.1.2.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2013:1801
Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2
kernel-rt-0:3.6.11.5-rt37.55.el6rt
Fixed · RHSA-2013:1264
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel-0:2.6.18-348.18.1.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:1292 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | kernel-0:2.6.32-431.1.2.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:1801 |
| Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 | kernel-rt-0:3.6.11.5-rt37.55.el6rt | Fixed | RHSA-2013:1264 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Weaknesses (2)
References (15)
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b9e146d8eb3b9ecae5086d373b50fa0c1f3e7f0f x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00129.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1801.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55055 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2766 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.9 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/04/10 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1899-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1900-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2141 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=970873 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b9e146d8eb3b9ecae5086d373b50fa0c1f3e7f0f x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2141
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-2141
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Jun 7, 2013
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Feb 19, 2013
Link CVE-2013-2141
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a