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CVE-2013-1763

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Date: February 28, 2013

Array index error in the __sock_diag_rcv_msg function in net/core/sock_diag.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7.10 allows local users to gain privileges via a large family value in a Netlink message.

Language: C

Severity Score

8.4

Related Resources (17)

Url: http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24746

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/24/3

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1751-1

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1750-1

Url: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.7.10

Url: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6e601a53566d84e1ffd25e7b6fe0b6894ffd79c0

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2013-1763

Url: http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33336

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=915052

Url: http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/25/12

Url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6e601a53566d84e1ffd25e7b6fe0b6894ffd79c0

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00004.html

Url: http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24555

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1749-1

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1763

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2013-1763

Severity Score

8.4

Weakness Type (CWE)

Input Validation

CWE-20

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version 3.7.10

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	8.4
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.2
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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