CVE-2013-2237
The key_notify_policy_flush function in net/key/af_key.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from
02 Description
The key_notify_policy_flush function in net/key/af_key.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.53% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 44.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2013-07-04 21:00Z13 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 15:27Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2013-02-19
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- be786d59dd00b7dc53a875c655fac44a6b7572ade1f6aa35f77734fcff78f56e
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1970-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1970-1
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2013:1166http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1166.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20130703 Re: CVE Request: Earlier AF_KEY in key_notify_policy_flushhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/04/3
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1913-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1913-1
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2013:1473http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-09/msg00003.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1995-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1995-1
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2013:1173http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1173.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-2766http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2766
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2013:1971http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00129.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=981220
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1998-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1998-1
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2013:1474http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-09/msg00004.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1973-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1973-1
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1992-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1992-1
- github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/85dfb745ee40232876663ae206cba35f24ab2a40
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=85dfb745ee40232876663ae206cba35f24ab2a40
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1993-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1993-1
- www.kernel.orghttps://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.9.bz2
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1912-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1912-1
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1972-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1972-1
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- linux Fixed in 3.9.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- linux Fixed in 3.9.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- linux Fixed in 3.9.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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