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CVE-2013-3076 (GCVE-0-2013-3076)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-04-22 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 16:00
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Summary
The crypto API in the Linux kernel through 3.9-rc8 does not initialize certain length variables, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call, related to the hash_recvmsg function in crypto/algif_hash.c and the skcipher_recvmsg function in crypto/algif_skcipher.c.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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Date Public
2013-04-07 00:00
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