| Name | CVE-2013-3237 |
| Description | The vsock_stream_sendmsg function in net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9-rc7 does not initialize a certain length variable, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 706557 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| linux (PTS) | bullseye | 5.10.223-1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 5.10.226-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 6.1.115-1 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 6.1.112-1 | fixed |
| trixie | 6.11.5-1 | fixed |
| sid | 6.11.7-1 | fixed |
| open-vm-tools (PTS) | bullseye (security), bullseye | 2:11.2.5-2+deb11u3 | fixed |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 2:12.2.0-1+deb12u2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2:12.4.5-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| linux | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
| linux-2.6 | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
| open-vm-tools | source | (unstable) | 2:9.2.2-893683-8 | low | | 706557 |
Notes
- linux-2.6 <not-affected> ((net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c not present)
- linux <not-affected> (net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c not present)
[wheezy] - open-vm-tools <no-dsa> (Minor information leak)
[squeeze] - open-vm-tools <no-dsa> (Contrib not supported, minor information leak)