6.2
MEDIUM
CVE-2013-4312
Linux Kernel UNIX Socket Descriptor Exhaustion Denial of Service
Description

The Linux kernel before 4.4.1 allows local users to bypass file-descriptor limits and cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by sending each descriptor over a UNIX socket before closing it, related to net/unix/af_unix.c and net/unix/garbage.c.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 8, 2016, 3:59 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 1:55 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

2.5
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2013-4312 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Linux linux_kernel
1 Oracle linux
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2013-4312.

URL Resource
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=712f4aad406bb1ed67f3f98d04c044191f0ff593 Vendor Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176464.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176484.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0855.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3448
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3503
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.4.1 Vendor Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82986
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2929-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2929-2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2931-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2932-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-2
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1297813 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/712f4aad406bb1ed67f3f98d04c044191f0ff593 Vendor Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4312 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=712f4aad406bb1ed67f3f98d04c044191f0ff593 Vendor Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176464.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176484.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0855.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3448
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3503
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.4.1 Vendor Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82986
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2929-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2929-2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2931-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2932-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-2
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1297813 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/712f4aad406bb1ed67f3f98d04c044191f0ff593 Vendor Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4312 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2013-4312 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2013-4312 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=712f4aad406bb1ed67f3f98d04c044191f0ff593
    Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176464.html
    Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176484.html
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0855.html
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3448
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3503
    Added Reference http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.4.1
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82986
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2929-1
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2929-2
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2931-1
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2932-1
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-1
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-2
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1297813
    Added Reference https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/712f4aad406bb1ed67f3f98d04c044191f0ff593
    Added Reference https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4312
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 13, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description It was found that the Linux kernel did not properly account file descriptors passed over the unix socket against the process limit. A local user could use this flaw to exhaust all available memory on the system. The Linux kernel before 4.4.1 allows local users to bypass file-descriptor limits and cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by sending each descriptor over a UNIX socket before closing it, related to net/unix/af_unix.c and net/unix/garbage.c.
    Removed CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0855 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2574 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2584 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4312 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 02, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description The Linux kernel before 4.4.1 allows local users to bypass file-descriptor limits and cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by sending each descriptor over a UNIX socket before closing it, related to net/unix/af_unix.c and net/unix/garbage.c. It was found that the Linux kernel did not properly account file descriptors passed over the unix socket against the process limit. A local user could use this flaw to exhaust all available memory on the system.
    Added CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2584 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2574 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4312 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0855 [No Types Assigned]
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Dec. 27, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Dec. 27, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 05, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 06, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176484.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176464.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3448 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 03, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2931-1 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2929-1 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2932-1 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2929-2 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 01, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3503 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-1 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-2 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 28, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0855.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82986 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 15, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1297813 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1297813 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Issue Tracking
    Changed Reference Type http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html No Types Assigned http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/712f4aad406bb1ed67f3f98d04c044191f0ff593 No Types Assigned https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/712f4aad406bb1ed67f3f98d04c044191f0ff593 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4312 No Types Assigned https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4312 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 04, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 29, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.4.1 No Types Assigned http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.4.1 Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=712f4aad406bb1ed67f3f98d04c044191f0ff593 No Types Assigned http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=712f4aad406bb1ed67f3f98d04c044191f0ff593 Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-119
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 25, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.15 }} 0.04%

score

0.50073

percentile

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