CVE-2013-1979
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- May 3, 2013
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Feb 19, 2013
Description
The scm_set_cred function in include/net/scm.h in the Linux kernel before 3.8.11 uses incorrect uid and gid values during credentials passing, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- openSUSE-SU-2013:1187vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2013-6537vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=955629
- MDVSA-2013:176vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2014:1316vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2013-6999vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20130428 Multiple Linux setuid output redirection vulnerabilitiesmailing-list
- SUSE-SU-2014:1319vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2013:1971vendor-advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/83f1b4ba917db5dc5a061a44b3403ddb6e783494
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=83f1b4ba917db5dc5a061a44b3403ddb6e783494
- SUSE-SU-2013:1182vendor-advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.11
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