MEDIUM
Kernel: ax25: information leak via msg_name in ax25_recvmsg()
Published Apr 22, 2013
4.9
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.38%
Description
The ax25_recvmsg function in net/ax25/af_ax25.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9-rc7 does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 3.9
- 3.9
- 3.9
- 3.9
- 3.9
- 3.9
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
kernel
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
kernel
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2
realtime-kernel
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | kernel | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 | realtime-kernel | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue does not affect the versions of the kernel package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.
Weaknesses (1)
References (15)
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ef3313e84acbf349caecae942ab3ab731471f1a1 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/103750.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/104480.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00016.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00018.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00129.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/14/3 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1837-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-3223 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=955662 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ef3313e84acbf349caecae942ab3ab731471f1a1 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/4/14/107 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-3223
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-3223
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Apr 22, 2013
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Apr 21, 2013
Link CVE-2013-3223
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a