Resource management error in Linux kernel - CVE-2013-4348
Published: November 4, 2013 / Updated: July 20, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU28392
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4348
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The skb_flow_dissect function in net/core/flow_dissector.c in the Linux kernel through 3.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a small value in the IHL field of a packet with IPIP encapsulation.
Affected software
Linux kernel
Amazon Linux AMI
linux-grsec (Alpine package)
Amazon Linux AMI
linux-grsec (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2013-4348
Install update from vendor's website.
Linux kernel - update to 4.2