PT-2013-3412 · Linux+4 · Linux Kernel+4
Mathias Krause
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Published
2013-03-07
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Updated
2023-02-13
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CVE-2013-1827
CVSS v2.0
6.2
Medium
| 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 3.5.4
Description
The issue allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service, resulting in a NULL pointer dereference and system crash. This can be achieved by leveraging the CAP NET ADMIN capability for a certain sender or receiver getsockopt call, specifically affecting the net/dccp/ccid.h file in the Linux kernel.
Recommendations
For Linux kernel versions prior to 3.5.4, update to version 3.5.4 or later to resolve the issue.
Exploit
Fix
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Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Alt Linux
Centos
Linux Kernel
Red Hat
Suse