CVE-2013-2237 REJECTED

The key_notify_policy_flush function in net/key/af_key.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory by reading a broadcast message from the notify_policy interface of an IPSec key_socket.

EPSS 0.08% · 23.5th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
0.08%
23.5th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux-aws0
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-snapdragon0
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux0
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-goldfish3.4.0-4.26, 3.4.0-4.24, 0
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-aws0
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-gke0
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux-lts-xenial0
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-raspi20
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-hwe0
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux0
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux-lts-vivid0
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux-lts-wily0
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux-lts-utopic0

Timeline

References

Open in Interactive Console →