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 v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4299
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel

Detailed vulnerability description

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.


How to mitigate CVE-2013-4299

Install update from vendor's repository.

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