CVE-2013-4588
HIGH severity · CVSS 7 · Memory corruption
7CVSS HIGH
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityHigh
Privileges requiredLow
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/15/12 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/15/12Patch
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1030800Patch
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/04bcef2a83f40c6db24222b27a52892cba39dffbPatch
- 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%3Ba=commit%3Bh=04bcef2a83f40c6db24222b27a52892cba39dffb
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63744Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2064-1Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2065-1Advisory