Name: CVE-2013-3237: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2013-04-22T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2013-3237, CWE-200, CVSS 5.5, EPSS 0.00054

The vsock_stream_sendmsg function in net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.5

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade open-vm-tools	Jul 30, 2024	Apr 22, 2013

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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