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CVE-2013-0290

Date: February 19, 2013

The __skb_recv_datagram function in net/core/datagram.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8 does not properly handle the MSG_PEEK flag with zero-length data, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and system hang) via a crafted application.

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (11)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/15/2
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00009.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-0290
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2013-0290
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=77c1090f94d1b0b5186fb13a1b71b47b1343f87f
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.8.bz2
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/77c1090f94d1b0b5186fb13a1b71b47b1343f87f
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00017.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=911473
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2013-0290

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Input Validation

CWE-20

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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