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CVE-2013-2237
Published: Jul 4, 2013
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
The key_notify_policy_flush function in net/key/af_key.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory by reading a broadcast message from the notify_policy interface of an IPSec key_socket.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
USN-1970-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
RHSA-2013:1166
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
[oss-security] 20130703 Re: CVE Request: Earlier AF_KEY in key_notify_policy_flush
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
USN-1913-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
SUSE-SU-2013:1473
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
USN-1995-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
RHSA-2013:1173
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
DSA-2766
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
openSUSE-SU-2013:1971
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=981220
x_refsource_CONFIRM
USN-1998-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
SUSE-SU-2013:1474
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
USN-1973-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
USN-1992-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
USN-1993-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.9.bz2
x_refsource_CONFIRM
USN-1912-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
USN-1972-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
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