Information Exposure Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,3.7.6)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (19th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3005461
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed28 Feb 2013
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 28 Feb 2013

CVE-2013-0349  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 3.7.6 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure. The hidp_setup_hid function in net/bluetooth/hidp/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7.6 does not properly copy a certain name field, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by setting a long name and making an HIDPCONNADD ioctl call.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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