CVE-2013-4312

MEDIUM

Description

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.

References

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2016-02-08

Updated: 2019-12-27

Type: CWE-119

Risk Information

CVSS v2.0

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 v3.0

Base Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Impact Score: 3.6

Exploitability Score: 2.5

Severity: MEDIUM

Vulnerable Software

Configuration 1

OR

cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2

OR

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to 4.4 (inclusive)

Tenable Plugins

View all (39 total)

IDNameProductFamilySeverity
124970EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1517)NessusHuawei Local Security Checks
high
124797EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1473)NessusHuawei Local Security Checks
high
99163OracleVM 3.3 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2017-0057) (Dirty COW)NessusOracleVM Local Security Checks
critical
96903SUSE SLES11 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2017:0333-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
95841Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL7.x x86_64 (20161103)NessusScientific Linux Local Security Checks
critical
95536SUSE SLES11 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2016:2976-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
95321CentOS 7 : kernel (CESA-2016:2574)NessusCentOS Local Security Checks
critical
94697Oracle Linux 7 : kernel (ELSA-2016-2574)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
critical
94547RHEL 7 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2016:2584)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
critical
94537RHEL 7 : kernel (RHSA-2016:2574)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
critical
93679OracleVM 3.4 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2016-0100)NessusOracleVM Local Security Checks
critical
93370SUSE SLES11 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2016:2245-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
93148Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2016-3596)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
critical
91743OracleVM 3.2 : kernel-uek (OVMSA-2016-0060)NessusOracleVM Local Security Checks
high
91643Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20160510)NessusScientific Linux Local Security Checks
medium
91295OracleVM 3.3 : kernel-uek (OVMSA-2016-0053)NessusOracleVM Local Security Checks
high
91293Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2016-3567)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
medium
91292Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2016-3566)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
medium
91291Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2016-3565)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
high
91280OracleVM 3.4 : kernel-uek (OVMSA-2016-0052)NessusOracleVM Local Security Checks
high
91213Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2016-3559)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
high
91210Oracle Linux 6 : kernel (ELSA-2016-0855)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
high
91170CentOS 6 : kernel (CESA-2016:0855)NessusCentOS Local Security Checks
high
91087Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux vulnerabilities (USN-2967-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
critical
91077RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2016:0855)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
high
89937Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : linux-lts-vivid vulnerabilities (USN-2932-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
high
89936Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : linux-lts-utopic vulnerabilities (USN-2931-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
high
89933Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux-lts-trusty vulnerabilities (USN-2929-2)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
high
89932Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : linux vulnerabilities (USN-2929-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
high
89554Fedora 22 : kernel-4.3.4-200.fc22 (2016-5d43766e33)NessusFedora Local Security Checks
critical
89507Fedora 23 : kernel-4.3.4-300.fc23 (2016-2f25d12c51)NessusFedora Local Security Checks
critical
89122Debian DSA-3503-1 : linux - security updateNessusDebian Local Security Checks
critical
89024Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : linux-lts-wily regression (USN-2908-5)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
high
89023Ubuntu 15.10 : linux regression (USN-2908-4)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
high
88899Ubuntu 15.10 : linux-raspi2 vulnerabilities (USN-2908-3)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
high
88898Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : linux-lts-wily vulnerabilities (USN-2908-2)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
high
88897Ubuntu 15.10 : linux vulnerabilities (USN-2908-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
high
88660Amazon Linux AMI : kernel (ALAS-2016-648)NessusAmazon Linux Local Security Checks
medium
87995Debian DSA-3448-1 : linux - security updateNessusDebian Local Security Checks
high