CVE-2013-0349

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    CVE-2013-0349

    Published: 28 Feb 2013Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0744.html, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1805-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1808-1, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0a9ab9bdb3e891762553f667066190c1d22ad62b, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=914298, http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0a9ab9bdb3e891762553f667066190c1d22ad62b, http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.7.6, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/23/3

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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