CVEvulnerability
CVE-2013-1828
6.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2013-03-22
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
The sctp_getsockopt_assoc_stats function in net/sctp/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.4 does not validate a size value before proceeding to a copy_from_user operation, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application that contains an SCTP_GET_ASSOC_STATS getsockopt system call.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.8 < 3.8.4)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=726bc6b092da4c093eb74d13c07184b18c1af0f1 Vendor Advisory
- http://grsecurity.net/~spender/sctp.c Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://twitter.com/grsecurity/statuses/309805924749541376 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24747 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.4 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/08/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=919315 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/726bc6b092da4c093eb74d13c07184b18c1af0f1 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=726bc6b092da4c093eb74d13c07184b18c1af0f1 Vendor Advisory
- http://grsecurity.net/~spender/sctp.c Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://twitter.com/grsecurity/statuses/309805924749541376 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24747 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.4 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/08/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=919315 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/726bc6b092da4c093eb74d13c07184b18c1af0f1 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory