NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2013-7339
Published: March 24, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41891
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-7339
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error. A remote attacker can trigger denial of service conditions via a bind system call for an RDS socket on a system that lacks RDS transports.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-7339
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
Sources
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=c2349758acf1874e4c2b93fe41d072336f1a31d0
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59386
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.12.8
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/20/14
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66351
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1079214
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c2349758acf1874e4c2b93fe41d072336f1a31d0