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 :
Feb. 13, 2023, 4:46 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
2.5
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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
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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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Exploit Prediction
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0.15 }} 0.04%
score
0.50073
percentile