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CVE-2013-1979

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Description

The scm_set_cred function in include/net/scm.h in the Linux kernel before 3.8.11 uses incorrect uid and gid values during credentials passing, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=955629

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/29/1

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/83f1b4ba917db5dc5a061a44b3403ddb6e783494

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.11

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00018.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/103750.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/104480.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00129.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00006.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00007.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00016.html

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=83f1b4ba917db5dc5a061a44b3403ddb6e783494

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2013-05-03

Updated: 2023-02-13

Type: CWE-264

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.9

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

Impact Score: 10

Exploitability Score: 3.4

Severity: MEDIUM

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