The rfcomm_sock_recvmsg function in net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.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.
Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory |
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Amazon Linux 1 | kernel | 2013-08-13 21:32 | ALAS-2013-218 |
Score Type | Score | Vector | |
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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 |