CVEvulnerability
CVE-2013-7421
2.1 LOW
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2015-03-02
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-269
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• 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 (< 3.18.5)
• oracle linux 5
• oracle linux 6
• oracle linux 7
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management weakness
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5d26a105b5a73e5635eae0629b42fa0a90e07b7b git.kernel.org
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0068.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3170 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.18.5 Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:057 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:058 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/24/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72322 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2513-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2514-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2543-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2544-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2545-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2546-1 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1185469 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/5d26a105b5a73e5635eae0629b42fa0a90e07b7b Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/3/4/70 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://plus.google.com/+MathiasKrause/posts/PqFCo4bfrWu Third Party Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5d26a105b5a73e5635eae0629b42fa0a90e07b7b git.kernel.org
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0068.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3170 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.18.5 Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:057 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:058 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/24/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72322 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2513-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2514-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2543-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2544-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2545-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2546-1 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1185469 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/5d26a105b5a73e5635eae0629b42fa0a90e07b7b Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/3/4/70 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://plus.google.com/+MathiasKrause/posts/PqFCo4bfrWu Third Party Advisory