CVE-2013-2635

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-399 Resource Management Errors

Publication date:

22/03/2013

Last modified:

11/04/2025

Description

The rtnl_fill_ifinfo function in net/core/rtnetlink.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.4 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted application.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 1.90 LOW
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0

1.90

Severity 2.0

LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::		3.8.3 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.8.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.8.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.8.2:::::::*

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CVE-2013-2635

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools