CVE-2013-3237

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Source

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-3237

Import Source

https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2013-3237.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2013-3237

Published

2013-04-22T11:41:01Z

Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21Z

Summary

[none]

Details

The vsockstreamsendmsg function in net/vmwvsock/afvsock.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9-rc7 does not initialize a certain length variable, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / open-vm-tools

Package

Name: open-vm-tools
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/open-vm-tools?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2:9.2.2-893683-8

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:12 / open-vm-tools

Package

Name: open-vm-tools
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/open-vm-tools?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2:9.2.2-893683-8

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:13 / open-vm-tools

Package

Name: open-vm-tools
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/open-vm-tools?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2:9.2.2-893683-8

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "low"
}