SB2013022815 - Permissions, privileges, and access controls in Linux kernel
Published: February 28, 2013
Security Bulletin ID
SB2013022815
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Permissions, privileges, and access controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-1774)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to security restrictions bypass error. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=916191
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/27/29
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1ee0a224bc9aad1de496c795f96bc6ba2c394811
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.7.4
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0744.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1805-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1808-1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00018.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00005.html
- http://xorl.wordpress.com/2013/05/18/cve-2013-1774-linux-kernel-edgeport-usb-serial-converter-null-pointer-dereference/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-09/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00016.html
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1ee0a224bc9aad1de496c795f96bc6ba2c394811