Permissions, privileges, and access controls in Linux kernel - CVE-2013-1774

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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: 5.7 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-1774
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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.


Affected software

Linux kernel
Ubuntu
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-2.6.32-351-ec2 (Ubuntu package)
linux-lts-quantal (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2013-1774

Install update from vendor's repository.

linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.6.32-46.108, 3.2.0-39.62, 3.5.0-25.38
linux-image-2.6.32-351-ec2 (Ubuntu package) - update to 2.6.32-351.64
linux-lts-quantal (Ubuntu package) - update to 3.5.0-25.38~precise1

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