Memory corruption in Linux kernel - CVE-2013-0309
Published: February 22, 2013 / Updated: February 13, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU92533
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-0309
CWE-ID: CWE-119
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 memory corruption error. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
Linux kernel
Ubuntu
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-lts-backport-oneiric (Ubuntu package)
Ubuntu
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-lts-backport-oneiric (Ubuntu package)
How to mitigate CVE-2013-0309
Install update from vendor's repository.
linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.6.32-46.105, 3.0.0-28.45, 3.2.0-34.53, 3.5.0-19.30
linux-lts-backport-oneiric (Ubuntu package) - update to 3.0.0-28.45~lucid1
linux-lts-backport-oneiric (Ubuntu package) - update to 3.0.0-28.45~lucid1
External References
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/027ef6c87853b0a9df53175063028edb4950d476
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.6.2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/20/4
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=912898
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0496.html
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=027ef6c87853b0a9df53175063028edb4950d476