UBUNTU-CVE-2013-2898

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2013-2898

    Published: 16 Sept 2013Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2013-2898

    Summary:

    Details: drivers/hid/hid-sensor-hub.c in the Human Interface Device (HID) subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.11, when CONFIG_HID_SENSOR_HUB is enabled, allows physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted device.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-2898, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/28/13, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1995-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1998-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-2898

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.11.0-12.19

    Affected versions

    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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