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SUSE Linux Security Vulnerability: CVE-2013-7269

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SUSE Linux Security Vulnerability: CVE-2013-7269

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Published
01/06/2014
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/17/2015
Modified
06/21/2018

Description

The nr_recvmsg function in net/netrom/af_netrom.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.4 updates a certain length value without ensuring that an associated data structure has been initialized, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a (1) recvfrom, (2) recvmmsg, or (3) recvmsg system call.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-btrfs-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-btrfs-kmp-pae
  • suse-upgrade-btrfs-kmp-xen
  • suse-upgrade-ext4dev-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-ext4dev-kmp-pae
  • suse-upgrade-ext4dev-kmp-trace
  • suse-upgrade-ext4dev-kmp-xen
  • suse-upgrade-hyper-v-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-hyper-v-kmp-pae
  • suse-upgrade-hyper-v-kmp-trace
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default-base
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default-devel
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default-man
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-ec2
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-ec2-base
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-ec2-devel
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-pae
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-pae-base
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-pae-devel
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-source
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-syms
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-trace
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-trace-base
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-trace-devel
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-xen
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-xen-base
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-xen-devel
  • suse-upgrade-xen-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-xen-kmp-pae
  • suse-upgrade-xen-kmp-trace

References

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