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Bug 956048 - (CVE-2013-3226) CVE-2013-3226 Kernel: Bluetooth: SCO - missing msg_namelen update in sco_sock_recvmsg
CVE-2013-3226 Kernel: Bluetooth: SCO - missing msg_namelen update in sco_sock...
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability (Show other bugs)
unspecified
All Linux
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Assigned To: Red Hat Product Security
impact=low,public=20130407,reported=2...
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Blocks: 858947
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Reported: 2013-04-24 04:44 EDT by Prasad J Pandit
Modified: 2015-07-31 03:04 EDT (History)
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Last Closed: 2014-06-09 13:57:48 EDT
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Description Prasad J Pandit 2013-04-24 04:44:15 EDT
Linux kernel built with the Bluetooth networking SCO socket support is
vulnerable to an information leakage flaw. It occurs while receiving messages
via recvmsg(2) call.

A user/program could use this flaw to leak kernel memory bytes.

Upstream fix:
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 -> http://git.kernel.org/linus/c8c499175f7d295ef867335bceb9a76a2c3cdc38

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 -> http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/14/3
Comment 1 Prasad J Pandit 2013-04-24 04:46:56 EDT
Statement:

This issue does not affect the versions of the kernel package as shipped with
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.

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