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CVE-2013-2547

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Date: March 14, 2013

The crypto_report_one function in crypto/crypto_user.c in the report API in the crypto user configuration API in the Linux kernel through 3.8.2 does not initialize certain structure members, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability.

Language: C

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Related Resources (13)

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1793-1
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2013-2547
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1794-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1795-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1796-1
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9a5467bf7b6e9e02ec9c3da4e23747c05faeaac6
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00129.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2547
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9a5467bf7b6e9e02ec9c3da4e23747c05faeaac6
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1797-1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/05/13
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2013-2547

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Cryptographic Issues

CWE-310

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): LOW
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): NONE
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