Vulnerability identifier: #VU12205

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 5.2 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2013-2929

CWE-ID: CWE-264

Exploitation vector: Local

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
Linux kernel
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

Vendor: Linux Foundation

Description
The vulnerability allows a local unauthenticated attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information and bypass security restrictions on the target system.

The weakness exists due to improper use of the get_dumpable function. A local attacker can gain access to potentially sensitive information from IA64 scratch registers via a crafted application, related to kernel/ptrace.c and arch/ia64/include/asm/processor.h, or bypass intended ptrace restrictions.

Mitigation
Update to version 3.12.2.

Vulnerable software versions

Linux kernel: 3.12 - 3.12.1, 3.11 - 3.11.10

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External links
http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=d049f74f2dbe71354d43d3...

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.