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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2014-01-06T11:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T18:01:20.195Z

Reserved: 2014-01-05T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2013-7263

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-01-06T16:55:09.147

Modified: 2023-11-07T02:17:59.280

Link: CVE-2013-7263

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2013-11-18T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2013-7263 - Bugzilla