PT-2013-5038 · Linux+3 · Linux Kernel+3

Published 2013-11-04 · Updated 2023-02-13 · CVE-2013-4483

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.9

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 3.10

Description The issue is related to the improper management of a reference count by the ipc rcu putref function in the Linux kernel, which can be exploited by local users to cause a denial of service. This can result in memory consumption or a system crash through a crafted application.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.10, update to version 3.10 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-189

Related Identifiers

CESA-2014_1392

CVE-2013-4483

MGASA-2013-0342

MGASA-2013-0343

MGASA-2013-0344

MGASA-2013-0345

MGASA-2013-0346

RHSA-2014:0285

RHSA-2014:0439

RHSA-2014:1392

RHSA-2014_0285

RHSA-2014_1392

RHSA-2015:0284

SUSE-RU-2015:0621-1

SUSE-SU-2015:0481-1

SUSE-SU-2015:0581-1

SUSE-SU-2015:0652-1

SUSE-SU-2015:0736-1

SUSE-SU-2015:1174-1

SUSE-SU-2015:1376-1

USN-2221-1

USN-2223-1

USN-2227-1

USN-2233-1

USN-2234-1

USN-2238-1

Affected Products

Centos

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

Suse

References · 53

• 🔥 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6062a8dc0517bce23e3c2f7d2fea5e22411269a3 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/hiikezoe/libfb_mem_exploit · Exploit
• 🔥 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=6062a8dc0517bce23e3c2f7d2fea5e22411269a3 · Exploit
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1024854 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2013-0345 · Vendor Advisory
• https://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.10.bz2 · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2233-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/30/4 · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2234-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2013-0344 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2013-0344.html · Security Note
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0285.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-4483 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4483 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2238-1 · Vendor Advisory