CVE-2013-2546
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Mar 14, 2013
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Mar 8, 2013
Description
The report API in the crypto user configuration API in the Linux kernel through 3.8.2 uses an incorrect C library function for copying strings, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- USN-1796-1vendor-advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9a5467bf7b6e9e02ec9c3da4e23747c05faeaac6
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9a5467bf7b6e9e02ec9c3da4e23747c05faeaac6
- MDVSA-2013:176vendor-advisory
- USN-1797-1vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20130305 CVE Requests (maybe): Linux kernel: various info leaks, some NULL ptr derefsmailing-list
- USN-1793-1vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2013:1971vendor-advisory
- USN-1794-1vendor-advisory
- USN-1795-1vendor-advisory
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