Input validation error in Linux kernel - CVE-2013-0290
Published: February 19, 2013 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU43081
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-0290
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The __skb_recv_datagram function in net/core/datagram.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8 does not properly handle the MSG_PEEK flag with zero-length data, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and system hang) via a crafted application.
Affected software
Linux kernel
Ubuntu
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-lts-quantal (Ubuntu package)
Ubuntu
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-lts-quantal (Ubuntu package)
How to mitigate CVE-2013-0290
Install update from vendor's website.
linux (Ubuntu package) - update to 3.5.0-26.42
linux-lts-quantal (Ubuntu package) - update to 3.5.0-26.42~precise1
linux-lts-quantal (Ubuntu package) - update to 3.5.0-26.42~precise1
External References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=77c1090f94d1b0b5186fb13a1b71b47b1343f87f
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00009.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00017.html
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.8.bz2
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/15/2
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=911473
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/77c1090f94d1b0b5186fb13a1b71b47b1343f87f