Bug 956048 (CVE-2013-3226) - CVE-2013-3226 Kernel: Bluetooth: SCO - missing msg_namelen update in sco_sock_recvmsg
Summary: CVE-2013-3226 Kernel: Bluetooth: SCO - missing msg_namelen update in sco_sock...
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2013-3226
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Blocks: 858947
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Reported: 2013-04-24 08:44 UTC by Prasad Pandit
Modified: 2021-02-17 07:46 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2014-06-09 17:57:48 UTC
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Description Prasad Pandit 2013-04-24 08:44:15 UTC 
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

Reference:
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 -> http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/14/3
Comment 1 Prasad Pandit 2013-04-24 08:46:56 UTC 
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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