cve-2013-1979
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2013-05-03 10:00
Modified
2024-08-06 15:20
Severity ?
Summary
The scm_set_cred function in include/net/scm.h in the Linux kernel before 3.8.11 uses incorrect uid and gid values during credentials passing, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=83f1b4ba917db5dc5a061a44b3403ddb6e783494
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/103750.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/104480.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00016.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00018.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00006.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00007.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00129.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.11
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/29/1
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=955629
secalert@redhat.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/83f1b4ba917db5dc5a061a44b3403ddb6e783494
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=83f1b4ba917db5dc5a061a44b3403ddb6e783494
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/103750.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/104480.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00016.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00018.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00006.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00007.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00129.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.11
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/29/1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=955629
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/83f1b4ba917db5dc5a061a44b3403ddb6e783494
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