The Linux kernel before 3.12.4 updates certain length values before...
Vulnerability Description
The Linux kernel before 3.12.4 updates certain length values before ensuring that associated data structures have been initialized, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a (1) recvfrom, (2) recvmmsg, or (3) recvmsg system call, related to net/ipv4/ping.c, net/ipv4/raw.c, net/ipv4/udp.c, net/ipv6/raw.c, and net/ipv6/udp.c.
Impact Analysis
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Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2135-1
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0159.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2138-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2108-1
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0285.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2113-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2141-1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00015.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2110-1
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/29
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2136-1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00000.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2139-1
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.12.4
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/bceaa90240b6019ed73b49965eac7d167610be69
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2117-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1035875
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56036
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2109-1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00026.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2107-1
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=bceaa90240b6019ed73b49965eac7d167610be69
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/28/13
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55882
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