Bug 956135 (CVE-2013-3234) - CVE-2013-3234 Kernel: rose: info leak via msg_name in rose_recvmsg
Summary: CVE-2013-3234 Kernel: rose: info leak via msg_name in rose_recvmsg
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2013-3234
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 956139
Blocks: 858947
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Reported: 2013-04-24 10:35 UTC by Prasad Pandit
Modified: 2021-02-17 07:46 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2014-06-09 17:51:59 UTC

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Description Prasad Pandit 2013-04-24 10:35:23 UTC 
Linux kernel built with the ROSE virtual network devices (CONFIG_ROSE)
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/4a184233f21645cf0b719366210ed445d1024d72

Reference:
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 -> http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/14/3
Comment 1 Prasad Pandit 2013-04-24 10:38:26 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.
Comment 2 Prasad Pandit 2013-04-24 10:39:41 UTC 
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue

Affects: fedora-all [bug 956139]
Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2013-04-27 00:07:56 UTC 
kernel-3.8.8-203.fc18 has been pushed to the Fedora 18 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2013-05-04 00:08:09 UTC 
kernel-3.8.11-100.fc17 has been pushed to the Fedora 17 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
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