CVE-2013-4588

high

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=04bcef2a83f40c6db24222b27a52892cba39dffb

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2013-11-20

Updated: 2025-04-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00051