CVE-2013-2128

medium

Description

The tcp_read_sock function in net/ipv4/tcp.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34 does not properly manage skb consumption, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted splice system call for a TCP socket.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=968484

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/baff42ab1494528907bf4d5870359e31711746ae

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/29/11

http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.34

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1051.html

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=baff42ab1494528907bf4d5870359e31711746ae

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2013-06-07

Updated: 2023-02-13

Type: CWE-400

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

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

Impact Score: 6.9

Exploitability Score: 3.9

Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Impact Score: 3.6

Exploitability Score: 1.8

Severity: MEDIUM