Buffer overflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2013-6381
Published: November 27, 2013 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42306
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-6381
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Buffer overflow in the qeth_snmp_command function in drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c in the Linux kernel through 3.12.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via an SNMP ioctl call with a length value that is incompatible with the command-buffer size.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-6381
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=6fb392b1a63ae36c31f62bc3fc8630b49d602b62
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0159.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0284.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0285.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/22/5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63890
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1033600
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6fb392b1a63ae36c31f62bc3fc8630b49d602b62