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CVE-2013-2094

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Date: May 14, 2013

The perf_swevent_init function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9 uses an incorrect integer data type, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted perf_event_open system call.

Language: C

Severity Score

8.4

Related Resources (34)

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1826-1

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1825-1

Url: http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1304.1/04302.html

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2013-2094

Url: http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1304.1/03652.html

Url: http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2013-May/019733.html

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2094

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2094

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=962792

Url: http://www.osvdb.org/93361

Url: http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/121616/semtex.c

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00005.html

Url: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.9

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1828-1

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1827-1

Url: http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33589

Url: http://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/1eb9iw

Url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8176cced706b5e5d15887584150764894e94e02f

Url: http://twitter.com/djrbliss/statuses/334301992648331267

Url: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5703758

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0830.html

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1836-1

Url: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8176cced706b5e5d15887584150764894e94e02f

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00009.html

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

Url: http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1304.1/03976.html

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/14/6

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-2094

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00018.html

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1838-1

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00008.html

Url: http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2013-May/019729.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00017.html

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2013-2094

Severity Score

8.4

Weakness Type (CWE)

Numeric Errors

CWE-189

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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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CVE-2013-2094

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Date: May 14, 2013

Language: C

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Related Resources (34)

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