DEBIAN-CVE-2013-3237

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-3237
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2013-3237.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2013-3237
Upstream
Published
2013-04-22T11:41:01.590Z
Modified
2025-11-19T01:01:58.232972Z
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"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2013-3237.json"

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"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2013-3237.json"

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"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2013-3237.json"

Debian:14 / 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"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2013-3237.json"