CVE-2013-7421
LOW severity · CVSS 2.1 · Improper privilege management
2.1CVSS LOW
Summary
The Crypto API in the Linux kernel before 3.18.5 allows local users to load arbitrary kernel modules via a bind system call for an AF_ALG socket with a module name in the salg_name field, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-9644.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impact—
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)1%
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5d26a105b5a73e5635eae0629b42fa0a90e07b7b
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0068.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3170Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.18.5Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:057Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:058Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/24/4Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.htmlAdvisory