Published: 22/04/2013 Updated: 07/11/2023

CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.9 | Impact Score: 6.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.9

VMScore: 437

Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

The vmci_transport_dgram_dequeue function in net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c in the Linux kernel prior to 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.

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The vmci_transport_dgram_dequeue function in net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transportc in the Linux kernel before 39-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 ...

CWE-200 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/680d04e0ba7e926233e3b9cee59125ce181f66ba http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/14/3 https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/4/14/107 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/22/13 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/23/2 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/22/3 http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/83698 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/22/11 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59391 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/22/14 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=680d04e0ba7e926233e3b9cee59125ce181f66ba https://nvd.nist.gov https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2013-3236

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