CVE - CVE-2013-2237

CVE-ID
CVE-2013-2237	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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MISC:DSA-2766 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2766 MISC:RHSA-2013:1166 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1166.html MISC:RHSA-2013:1173 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1173.html MISC:SUSE-SU-2013:1473 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-09/msg00003.html MISC:SUSE-SU-2013:1474 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-09/msg00004.html MISC:USN-1912-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1912-1 MISC:USN-1913-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1913-1 MISC:USN-1970-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1970-1 MISC:USN-1972-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1972-1 MISC:USN-1973-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1973-1 MISC:USN-1992-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1992-1 MISC:USN-1993-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1993-1 MISC:USN-1995-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1995-1 MISC:USN-1998-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1998-1 MISC:[oss-security] 20130703 Re: CVE Request: Earlier AF_KEY in key_notify_policy_flush URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/04/3 MISC:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=85dfb745ee40232876663ae206cba35f24ab2a40 URL:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=85dfb745ee40232876663ae206cba35f24ab2a40 MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=981220 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=981220 MISC:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/85dfb745ee40232876663ae206cba35f24ab2a40 URL:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/85dfb745ee40232876663ae206cba35f24ab2a40 MISC:https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.9.bz2 URL:https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.9.bz2 MISC:openSUSE-SU-2013:1971 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00129.html
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20130219	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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Assigned (20130219)
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