CVE-2013-4588

MEDIUM

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33, when CONFIG_IP_VS is used, allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for (1) a getsockopt system call, related to the do_ip_vs_get_ctl function, or (2) a setsockopt system call, related to the do_ip_vs_set_ctl function.

References

http://ftp.linux.org.uk/pub/linux/linux-2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.33

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=04bcef2a83f40c6db24222b27a52892cba39dffb

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/15/12

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63744

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2064-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2065-1

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1030800

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/04bcef2a83f40c6db24222b27a52892cba39dffb

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2013-11-20

Updated: 2016-12-31

Type: CWE-119

Risk Information

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 6.6

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

Impact Score: 10

Exploitability Score: 2.7

Severity: MEDIUM