PT-2013-2225 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Prasad Pandit · Published 2013-02-21 · Updated 2023-02-13 · CVE-2013-0313

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.2

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 3.7.5

Description The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service, potentially resulting in a system crash, or possibly have other unspecified impacts. This occurs when the Extended Verification Module (EVM) is enabled and an attempted removexattr operation is performed on an inode of a sockfs filesystem. The evm update evmxattr function in the Linux kernel is the vulnerable component.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 3.7.5, update to version 3.7.5 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-0313

USN-1767-1

USN-1768-1

USN-1769-1

USN-1774-1

USN-1781-1

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 18

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-0313 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-0313 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1767-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1781-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-0313 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-0313 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1769-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2013-0313 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1774-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-0313 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1768-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-0313 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a67adb997419fb53540d4a4f79c6471c60bc69b6 · Note
• http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.7.5 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/20 · Note