Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU42185

Input validation error in Linux kernel - CVE-2013-7267

Published: January 6, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU42185

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2013-7267

CWE-ID: CWE-20

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The atalk_recvmsg function in net/appletalk/ddp.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.4 updates a certain length value without ensuring that an associated data structure has been initialized, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a (1) recvfrom, (2) recvmmsg, or (3) recvmsg system call.

Affected software

Linux kernel

How to mitigate CVE-2013-7267

Install update from vendor's website.

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