PT-2013-5031 · Linux+4 · Linux Kernel+4
Hannes Frederic Sowa
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Published
2013-11-04
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Updated
2023-02-13
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CVE-2013-4470
CVSS v2.0
6.9
Medium
| Vector | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel versions prior to 3.12
Description
The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in memory corruption and system crash, or possibly gain privileges. This is achieved through a crafted application that uses the UDP CORK option in a setsockopt system call and sends both short and long packets. The problem is related to the
ip ufo append data function in net/ipv4/ip output.c and the ip6 ufo append data function in net/ipv6/ip6 output.c.Recommendations
For Linux kernel versions prior to 3.12, update to version 3.12 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling UDP Fragmentation Offload (UFO) until a patch is available.
Exploit
Fix
DoS
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Weakness Enumeration
Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Alt Linux
Centos
Linux Kernel
Red Hat
Suse