Information Exposure Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,2.4.34.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (25th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3004603
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed24 Apr 2007
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 24 Apr 2007

CVE-2007-1353  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 2.4.34.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure. The setsockopt function in the L2CAP and HCI Bluetooth support in the Linux kernel before 2.4.34.3 allows context-dependent attackers to read kernel memory and obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors involving the copy_from_user function accessing an uninitialized stack buffer.

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