CVE-2013-2547

Description

From CVE.org

The crypto_report_one function in crypto/crypto_user.c in the report API in the crypto user configuration API in the Linux kernel through 3.8.2 does not initialize certain structure members, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability.

Statement

These issues do not affect the versions of the kernel package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

These issues do affect the version of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2. Future kernel updates for Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 may address this issue.

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details

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CVSS v2 Score Breakdown

Red HatNVDcve.org
Base Score12.1N/A
Attack VectorLocalLocalN/A
Access ComplexityHighLowN/A
AuthenticationSingleNoneN/A
Confidentiality ImpactPartialPartialN/A
Integrity ImpactNoneNoneN/A
Availability ImpactNoneNoneN/A

Vector

Red Hat: AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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