PT-2013-3551 · Linux+2 · Linux Kernel+2

Prasad Pandit · Published 2013-06-07 · Updated 2023-02-13 · CVE-2013-2128

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.34

Description The issue is related to the tcp read sock function in the Linux kernel, which does not properly manage skb consumption. This allows local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in a system crash, by using a crafted splice system call for a TCP socket.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.34, update to version 2.6.34 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

DoS

Resource Exhaustion

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-400

Related Identifiers

CESA-2013_1051

CVE-2013-2128

RHSA-2013:1051

RHSA-2013:1080

RHSA-2013_1051

Affected Products

Centos

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

References · 11

• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/baff42ab1494528907bf4d5870359e31711746ae · Patch
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1051.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2013-2128 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2128 · Security Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=968484 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-2128 · Vendor Advisory
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2013-1051.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/29/11 · Patch
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-2128 · Vendor Advisory
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=baff42ab1494528907bf4d5870359e31711746ae · Note
• http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.34 · Note