Medium severity · published Feb 8, 2016
CVE-2013-4312
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…
6.2
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 48% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
through 4.4 · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Oracle
5.0; 6; 7 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4312
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4312
Vendor Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=712f4aad406bb1ed67f3f98d04c044191f0ff593
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176464.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176484.html
rhn.redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0855.html
rhn.redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html
rhn.redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html
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