Information exposure in Linux kernel - CVE-2013-4299

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Information exposure in Linux kernel - CVE-2013-4299

Published: October 24, 2013 / Updated: April 22, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU92551
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4299
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote user to read and manipulate data.

The vulnerability exists due to information exposure error within the area_location(), read_exceptions() and persistent_prepare_exception() functions in drivers/md/dm-snap-persistent.c. A remote user can read and manipulate data.


Affected software

Linux kernel
Ubuntu
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-lts-quantal (Ubuntu package)
linux-lts-raring (Ubuntu package)
linux-lts-saucy (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2013-4299

Install update from vendor's repository.

linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.6.32-53.115, 3.2.0-58.88, 3.5.0-44.67, 3.8.0-34.49, 3.11.0-14.21
linux-lts-quantal (Ubuntu package) - update to 3.5.0-44.67~precise1
linux-lts-raring (Ubuntu package) - update to 3.8.0-34.49~precise1
linux-lts-saucy (Ubuntu package) - update to 3.11.0-14.21~precise1

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