The sock_alloc_send_pskb function in net/core/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 3.4.5 does not properly validate a certain length value, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and system crash) or possibly gain privileges by leveraging access to a TUN/TAP device.
| Version | Base score | Base severity | Vector |
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| Hyperlink | Resource Type |
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The sock_alloc_send_pskb function in net/core/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 3.4.5 does not properly validate a certain length value, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and system crash) or possibly gain privileges by leveraging access to a TUN/TAP device.
| Type | CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|---|
| text | N/A | n/a |
| Version | Base score | Base severity | Vector |
|---|
| CAPEC ID | Description |
|---|
| Event | Date |
|---|
| Hyperlink | Resource |
|---|---|
| http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.4.5 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0743.html | vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT |
| http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=cc9b17ad29ecaa20bfe426a8d4dbfb94b13ff1cc | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53721 | vdb-entry x_refsource_BID |
| https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cc9b17ad29ecaa20bfe426a8d4dbfb94b13ff1cc | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1535-1 | vendor-advisory x_refsource_UBUNTU |
| http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1529-1 | vendor-advisory x_refsource_UBUNTU |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=816289 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1087.html | vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/50807 | third-party-advisory x_refsource_SECUNIA |
| Version | Base score | Base severity | Vector |
|---|
| CAPEC ID | Description |
|---|
| Event | Date |
|---|
| Hyperlink | Resource |
|---|---|
| http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.4.5 | x_refsource_CONFIRM x_transferred |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0743.html | vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT x_transferred |
| http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=cc9b17ad29ecaa20bfe426a8d4dbfb94b13ff1cc | x_refsource_CONFIRM x_transferred |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53721 | vdb-entry x_refsource_BID x_transferred |
| https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cc9b17ad29ecaa20bfe426a8d4dbfb94b13ff1cc | x_refsource_CONFIRM x_transferred |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1535-1 | vendor-advisory x_refsource_UBUNTU x_transferred |
| http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1529-1 | vendor-advisory x_refsource_UBUNTU x_transferred |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=816289 | x_refsource_CONFIRM x_transferred |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1087.html | vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT x_transferred |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/50807 | third-party-advisory x_refsource_SECUNIA x_transferred |
The sock_alloc_send_pskb function in net/core/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 3.4.5 does not properly validate a certain length value, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and system crash) or possibly gain privileges by leveraging access to a TUN/TAP device.
| Date Added | Due Date | Vulnerability Name | Required Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| N/A |
| Type | Version | Base score | Base severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary | 2.0 | 7.2 | HIGH | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| Primary | 2.0 | 7.2 | HIGH | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |