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CVE-2013-4483

Date: November 4, 2013

The ipc_rcu_putref function in ipc/util.c in the Linux kernel before 3.10 does not properly manage a reference count, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or system crash) via a crafted application.

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (12)

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6062a8dc0517bce23e3c2f7d2fea5e22411269a3
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1024854
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/30/4
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.10.bz2
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4483
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00045.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4483
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0285.html
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2013-4483
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0284.html
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6062a8dc0517bce23e3c2f7d2fea5e22411269a3
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2013-4483

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Numeric Errors

CWE-189

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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