CVE-2013-3237

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)	jessie, jessie (lts)	3.16.84-1	fixed
	stretch (security)	4.9.320-2	fixed
	stretch (lts), stretch	4.9.320-3	fixed
	buster (security), buster, buster (lts)	4.19.316-1	fixed
	bullseye	5.10.223-1	fixed
	bullseye (security)	5.10.226-1	fixed
	bookworm	6.1.115-1	fixed
	bookworm (security)	6.1.119-1	fixed
	trixie	6.12.5-1	fixed
	sid	6.12.6-1	fixed
open-vm-tools (PTS)	jessie, jessie (lts)	2:9.4.6-1770165-8+deb8u2	fixed
	stretch (lts), stretch	2:10.1.5-5055683-4+deb9u6	fixed
	buster (security), buster, buster (lts)	2:10.3.10-1+deb10u6	fixed
	bullseye (security), bullseye	2:11.2.5-2+deb11u3	fixed
	bookworm (security), bookworm	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	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)