CVE-2013-4470

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Description

The CVE Program describes this issue as:

The Linux kernel before 3.12, when UDP Fragmentation Offload (UFO) is enabled, does not properly initialize certain data structures, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted application that uses the UDP_CORK option in a setsockopt system call and sends both short and long packets, related to the ip_ufo_append_data function in net/ipv4/ip_output.c and the ip6_ufo_append_data function in net/ipv6/ip6_output.c.

Statement

This issue does not affect the version of the kernel package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

This issue does not affect the version of the kernel package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Additional information

  • Bugzilla 1023477: Kernel: net: memory corruption with UDP_CORK and UFO
  • CWE-456: Missing Initialization of a Variable
  • FAQ: Frequently asked questions about CVE-2013-4470

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details

Important note

CVSS scores for open source components depend on vendor-specific factors (e.g. version or build chain). Therefore, Red Hat's score and impact rating can be different from NVD and other vendors. Red Hat remains the authoritative CVE Naming Authority (CNA) source for its products and services (see Red Hat classifications).

CVSS v2 Score Breakdown
Red HatNVD

CVSS v2 Base Score

7.2

6.9

Attack Vector

Local

Local

Access Complexity

Low

Medium

Authentication

None

None

Confidentiality Impact

Complete

Complete

Integrity Impact

Complete

Complete

Availability Impact

Complete

Complete

CVSS v2 Vector

Red Hat: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Understanding the Weakness (CWE)

CWE-456

Integrity,Other

Technical Impact: Unexpected State; Quality Degradation; Varies by Context

The uninitialized data may be invalid, causing logic errors within the program. In some cases, this could result in a security problem.

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank Hannes Frederic Sowa for reporting this issue.

Frequently Asked Questions

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