CVE-2013-2141
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.59 % · percentile 48 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- redhat
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
The do_tkill function in kernel/signal.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9 does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted application that makes a (1) tkill or (2) tgkill system call.
Weaknesses (CWE)
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=970873
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1899-1
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/04/10
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b9e146d8eb3b9ecae5086d373b50fa0c1f3e7f0f
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2766
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.9
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00129.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1801.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55055
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b9e146d8eb3b9ecae5086d373b50fa0c1f3e7f0f
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1900-1
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 2.0 | LOW 2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2013-2106
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2013-2141
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTA-2013-AVI-391 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTA-2013-AVI-375 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Mandriva · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≤ 3.8.8cpe: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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| affected n/a |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |