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CVE-2013-4312

Date: February 7, 2016

The Linux kernel before 4.4.1 allows local users to bypass file-descriptor limits and cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by sending each descriptor over a UNIX socket before closing it, related to net/unix/af_unix.c and net/unix/garbage.c.

Language: C

Severity Score

6.2

Related Resources (24)

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2929-1

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3503

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3448

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2929-2

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176464.html

Url: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.4.1

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-1

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2932-1

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-2

Url: http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=712f4aad406bb1ed67f3f98d04c044191f0ff593

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2931-1

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4312

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4312

Url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/712f4aad406bb1ed67f3f98d04c044191f0ff593

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176484.html

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82986

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1297813

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0855.html

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2013-4312

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4312

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2013-4312

Severity Score

6.2

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CWE-119

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	6.2
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:	4.9
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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CVE-2013-4312

Date: February 7, 2016

Language: C

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