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CVE-2013-7265

Public on 2014-01-06
Modified on 2014-09-16
Description

The pn_recvmsg function in net/phonet/datagram.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.4 updates a certain length value before ensuring that an associated data structure has been initialized, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a (1) recvfrom, (2) recvmmsg, or (3) recvmsg system call.

Severity
Low
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CVSS v3 Base Score
2.1
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 kernel 2014-02-26 14:26 ALAS-2014-289

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
NVD CVSSv2 4.9 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N