PT-2013-3521 · Linux+1 · Linux Kernel+1

Published 2013-05-07 · Updated 2023-02-13 · CVE-2013-2058

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.7

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 3.7.4

Description The issue is related to the host start function in the Linux kernel, which does not properly support a certain non-streaming option. This allows local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in a system crash, by sending a large amount of network traffic through a USB/Ethernet adapter.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.7.4, update to version 3.7.4 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2013-1053

CVE-2013-2058

RHSA-2013:1264

USN-1743-1

USN-1744-1

USN-1745-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Linux Kernel

References · 34

• 🔥 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/929473ea05db455ad88cdc081f2adc556b8dc48f · Exploit
• 🔥 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=929473ea05db455ad88cdc081f2adc556b8dc48f · Exploit
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-7027 · Security Note
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2013-1053 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-2058 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-04308 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-1444 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-2058 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2058 · Security Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/05/2 · Patch
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-04310 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-7470 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1745-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4299 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-2058 · Vendor Advisory