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CVE-2013-3076
published 2013-04-22

CVE-2013-3076: The crypto API in the Linux kernel through 3.9-rc8 does not initialize certain length variables, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from…

PriorityP416medium4.9CVSS 2.0
AVLACLAuNCCINAN
EPSS
0.35%
28.4th percentile
The crypto API in the Linux kernel through 3.9-rc8 does not initialize certain length variables, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call, related to the hash_recvmsg function in crypto/algif_hash.c and the skcipher_recvmsg function in crypto/algif_skcipher.c.

Affected

7 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 3.8.11-1 (bookworm)linux 3.8.11-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux_kernel<= 3.9
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 3.8.11-13.8.11-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 3.8.11-13.8.11-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 3.8.11-13.8.11-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 3.8.11-13.8.11-1

CVSS provenance

nvdv2.04.9MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
osv4.9MEDIUM
vendor_ubuntu8.4HIGH
vendor_debian4.9LOW
vendor_redhat4.9MEDIUM
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