Bug 956145 (CVE-2013-3235) - CVE-2013-3235 Kernel: tipc: info leaks via msg_name in recv_msg/recv_stream
Summary: CVE-2013-3235 Kernel: tipc: info leaks via msg_name in recv_msg/recv_stream
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2013-3235
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: 956148 956149
Blocks: 858947
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Reported: 2013-04-24 10:48 UTC by Prasad Pandit
Modified: 2021-02-17 07:46 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2014-06-09 17:50:43 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2013:1034 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Low: kernel security and bug fix update 2013-07-10 07:51:23 UTC

Description Prasad Pandit 2013-04-24 10:48:53 UTC 
Linux kernel built with the The Transparent Inter Process Communication
(CONFIG_TIPC) protocol support is vulnerable to an information leakage flaw.
It occurs while receiving messages via recvmsg(2) socket call.

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

Upstream fix:
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 -> http://git.kernel.org/linus/60085c3d009b0df252547adb336d1ccca5ce52ec

Reference:
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 -> www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/14/3
Comment 1 Prasad Pandit 2013-04-24 10:53:11 UTC 
Statement:

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

This issue affects the version of the kernel package as shipped with
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. Future kernel updates for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
may address this issue.
Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2013-07-10 03:57:00 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Via RHSA-2013:1034 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1034.html
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