| 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, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub 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 | 4.19.249-2 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 4.19.269-1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 5.10.158-2 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 5.10.162-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 6.1.15-1 | fixed |
| sid | 6.1.20-1 | fixed |
| open-vm-tools (PTS) | jessie | 2:9.4.6-1770165-8 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 2:10.1.5-5055683-4+deb9u3 | fixed |
| buster | 2:10.3.10-1+deb10u2 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 2:10.3.10-1+deb10u3 | fixed |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 2:11.2.5-2+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2:12.1.5-3 | fixed |
| sid | 2:12.2.0-1 | 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)