Input validation error in Linux kernel - CVE-2013-1059

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Input validation error in Linux kernel - CVE-2013-1059

Published: July 8, 2013 / Updated: August 11, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU42747
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-2013-1059
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows remote attackers to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an auth_reply message that triggers an attempted build_request operation.


Affected software

Linux kernel
Ubuntu
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-lts-quantal (Ubuntu package)
linux-lts-raring (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2013-1059

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 3.2.0-53.81, 3.5.0-39.60, 3.8.0-29.42
linux-lts-quantal (Ubuntu package) - update to 3.5.0-39.60~precise1
linux-lts-raring (Ubuntu package) - update to 3.8.0-29.42~precise1

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