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CVE-2013-3224

Public on 2013-04-22
Modified on 2014-09-15
Description

The bt_sock_recvmsg function in net/bluetooth/af_bluetooth.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9-rc7 does not properly 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.

Severity
Low
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CVSS v3 Base Score
1.9
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 kernel 2013-08-13 21:32 ALAS-2013-218
Amazon Linux 1 kernel 2013-06-11 22:45 ALAS-2013-200

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 1.9 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
NVD CVSSv2 4.9 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N