Information exposure in Linux kernel - CVE-2013-2164
Published: July 5, 2013 / Updated: April 22, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU92517
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-2164
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to information exposure error within the mmc_ioctl_cdrom_read_data() function in drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c. A local user can gain access to sensitive information.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-2164
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=973100
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/10/9
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c?id=050e4b8fb7cdd7096c987a9cd556029c622c7fe2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1912-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1913-1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-09/msg00003.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-09/msg00004.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1942-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1941-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2766
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00129.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1645.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1166.html