CVE-2013-4312

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.

Risk Information

Base Score
6.2
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.027

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Linux kernel (USN-2929-1) linux-image-3.13.0-83-generic_3.13.0-83.127_i386.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-2929-1) linux-image-3.13.0-83-generic_3.13.0-83.127_amd64.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-2929-1) linux-image-3.13.0-83-lowlatency_3.13.0-83.127_i386.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-2929-1) linux-image-3.13.0-83-lowlatency_3.13.0-83.127_amd64.debLinux
Linux hardware enablement kernel from Trusty for Precise (USN-2929-2) linux-image-3.13.0-83-generic_3.13.0-83.127~precise1_i386.debLinux
Linux hardware enablement kernel from Trusty for Precise (USN-2929-2) linux-image-3.13.0-83-generic_3.13.0-83.127~precise1_amd64.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-2967-1) linux-image-3.2.0-102-generic_3.2.0-102.142_i386.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-2967-1) linux-image-3.2.0-102-generic_3.2.0-102.142_amd64.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-2967-1) linux-image-3.2.0-102-generic-pae_3.2.0-102.142_i386.debLinux
Dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.6.2.el6uek update (ELSA-2016-3565) dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.6.2.el6uek-0.4.5-3.el6.x86_64.rpmLinux
Dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.6.2.el7uek update (ELSA-2016-3565) dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.6.2.el7uek-0.4.5-3.el7.x86_64.rpmLinux

Patch Details

No records found

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234