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FKIE_CVE-2013-7421

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2015-03-02 11:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:01

Severity

Summary

The Crypto API in the Linux kernel before 3.18.5 allows local users to load arbitrary kernel modules via a bind system call for an AF_ALG socket with a module name in the salg_name field, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-9644.

References

URL	Tags
cve@mitre.org	http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5d26a105b5a73e5635eae0629b42fa0a90e07b7b
cve@mitre.org	http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0068.html	Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3170	Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.18.5	Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:057	Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:058	Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/24/4	Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html	Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html	Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72322	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2513-1	Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2514-1	Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2543-1	Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2544-1	Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2545-1	Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2546-1	Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1185469	Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/5d26a105b5a73e5635eae0629b42fa0a90e07b7b	Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/3/4/70	Exploit, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	https://plus.google.com/+MathiasKrause/posts/PqFCo4bfrWu	Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5d26a105b5a73e5635eae0629b42fa0a90e07b7b
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0068.html	Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3170	Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.18.5	Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:057	Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:058	Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/24/4	Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html	Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html	Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72322	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2513-1	Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2514-1	Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2543-1	Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2544-1	Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2545-1	Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2546-1	Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1185469	Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/5d26a105b5a73e5635eae0629b42fa0a90e07b7b	Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/3/4/70	Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://plus.google.com/+MathiasKrause/posts/PqFCo4bfrWu	Third Party Advisory

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
canonical	ubuntu_linux	12.04
canonical	ubuntu_linux	14.04
canonical	ubuntu_linux	14.10
debian	debian_linux	7.0
debian	debian_linux	8.0
linux	linux_kernel	*
oracle	linux	5
oracle	linux	6
oracle	linux	7

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CVE-2013-7421 (GCVE-0-2013-7421)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-03-02 11:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 18:09

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre mitre root

References

20 references

URL	Tags
https://plus.google.com/+MathiasKrause/posts/PqFC…	x_refsource_MISC
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0068.html	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2544-1	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3170	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/24/4	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2546-1	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/3/4/70	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2514-1	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1185469	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/Chang…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2545-1	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/5d26a105…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72322	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2513-1	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2543-1	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvald…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Date Public

2013-03-03 00:00

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