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CVE-2013-6432

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Date: December 9, 2013

The ping_recvmsg function in net/ipv4/ping.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.4 does not properly interact with read system calls on ping sockets, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) by leveraging unspecified privileges to execute a crafted application.

Language: C

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Related Resources (11)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6432
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2113-1
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=cf970c002d270c36202bd5b9c2804d3097a52da0
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/06/6
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2117-1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1039046
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00003.html
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.12.4
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2013-6432
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cf970c002d270c36202bd5b9c2804d3097a52da0
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2013-6432

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CVSS v3.1

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

CVSS v2

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