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CVE-2013-3229 Details

Description

The iucv_sock_recvmsg function in net/iucv/af_iucv.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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a5598bd9c087dc0efc250a5221e5d0e6f584ee88	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00016.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00018.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00129.html	CVE
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a5598bd9c087dc0efc250a5221e5d0e6f584ee88	CVE
https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/4/14/107	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176	CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/14/3	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1837-1	CVE
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a5598bd9c087dc0efc250a5221e5d0e6f584ee88	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00016.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00018.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00129.html	[email protected]
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a5598bd9c087dc0efc250a5221e5d0e6f584ee88	[email protected]
https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/4/14/107	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176	[email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/14/3	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1837-1	[email protected]

see all 18 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-200	Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
linux linux kernel	<= 3.9 3.9 rc1 3.9 rc2 3.9 rc3 3.9 rc4
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::rc6::::::* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc1:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc2:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc3:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc4:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc5:::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 7, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 29, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 22, 2013	Initial Analysis	[email protected]