SB2013031510 - Information disclosure in Linux kernel
Published: March 15, 2013 Updated: August 11, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2013031510
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-6536)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c in the Linux kernel before 3.6 does not verify that the actual Netlink message length is consistent with a certain header field, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability and providing a (1) new or (2) updated state.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=ecd7918745234e423dd87fcc0c077da557909720
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/05/13
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ecd7918745234e423dd87fcc0c077da557909720
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.6.bz2