Information Exposure Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [3.0,3.10.0]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (23rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3004247
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed4 Jul 2013
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 4 Jul 2013

CVE-2013-2164  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for torvalds/linux.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure. The mmc_ioctl_cdrom_read_data function in drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c in the Linux kernel through 3.10 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a read operation on a malfunctioning CD-ROM drive.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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