CVE-2013-3076
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-200
Information Leak / Disclosure
Publication date:
22/04/2013
Last modified:
11/04/2025
Description
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.
Impact
Base Score 2.0
4.90
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.9 (including) | |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/103750.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/104480.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00016.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00018.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/14/3
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1837-1
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/72a763d805a48ac8c0bf48fdb510e84c12de51fe
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/103750.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/104480.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00016.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00018.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/14/3
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1837-1
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/72a763d805a48ac8c0bf48fdb510e84c12de51fe



