CVEvulnerability

CVE-2013-4312

6.2 MEDIUM Published 2016-02-08 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2016-02-08
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
6.2 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-119

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.

Affected configurations

• oracle linux 5.0 • oracle linux 6 • oracle linux 7 • linux linux kernel (<= 4.4)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness

References