Permissions, privileges, and access controls in Linux kernel - CVE-2013-1774
Published: February 28, 2013 / Updated: February 13, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU92532
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-1774
CWE-ID: CWE-264
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 local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to security restrictions bypass error. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-1774
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=916191
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/27/29
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1ee0a224bc9aad1de496c795f96bc6ba2c394811
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.7.4
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0744.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1805-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1808-1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00018.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00005.html
- http://xorl.wordpress.com/2013/05/18/cve-2013-1774-linux-kernel-edgeport-usb-serial-converter-null-pointer-dereference/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-09/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00016.html
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1ee0a224bc9aad1de496c795f96bc6ba2c394811