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CVE-2013-2547
Published: Mar 14, 2013
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
The crypto_report_one function in crypto/crypto_user.c in the report API in the crypto user configuration API in the Linux kernel through 3.8.2 does not initialize certain structure members, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
USN-1796-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
MDVSA-2013:176
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MANDRIVA
USN-1797-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
[oss-security] 20130305 CVE Requests (maybe): Linux kernel: various info leaks, some NULL ptr derefs
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
USN-1793-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
openSUSE-SU-2013:1971
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
USN-1794-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
USN-1795-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
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