SB2013111211 - Buffer overflow in Linux kernel
Published: November 12, 2013 Updated: August 10, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2013111211
CSH Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-6763)
CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption
CVSSv4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
The uio_mmap_physical function in drivers/uio/uio.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12 does not validate the size of a memory block, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly gain privileges via crafted mmap operations, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-4511.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=7314e613d5ff9f0934f7a0f74ed7973b903315d1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/04/22
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2064-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2065-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2066-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2067-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2068-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2069-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2070-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2071-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2072-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2073-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2074-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2075-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2076-1
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/7314e613d5ff9f0934f7a0f74ed7973b903315d1
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.12.bz2