PT-2013-3831

CVE-2013-2548

Published

2013-03-14

Updated

2021-07-15

Description by

CVSS 2.0

2.1

Low

MetricsAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 3.8.3

Description The issue allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging the CAP NET ADMIN capability. This is due to the crypto report one function in crypto/crypto user.c using an incorrect length value during a copy operation.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 3.8.3, update to version 3.8.3 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploitability

Fix

Researchers

Mathias Krause

Vendors

Affected products

Weakness enumeration

CWE-310

Related identifiers

CVE-2013-2548

RHSA-2013:0829