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CVE-2013-1979

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.

Published

2013-05-03T11:57:45.707

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.9 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.4

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-264

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	≤ 3.8.10	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	3.8.0	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	3.8.1	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	3.8.2	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	3.8.3	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	3.8.4	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	3.8.5	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	3.8.6	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	3.8.7	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	3.8.8	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	3.8.9	Yes

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=83f1b4ba917db5dc5a061a44b3403ddb6e783494 ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/103750.html ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/104480.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00016.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00018.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00006.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00007.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00129.html ([email protected])
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.11 ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/29/1 ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=955629 ([email protected])
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/83f1b4ba917db5dc5a061a44b3403ddb6e783494 ([email protected])
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=83f1b4ba917db5dc5a061a44b3403ddb6e783494 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/103750.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/104480.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00016.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00018.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00006.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00007.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00129.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.11 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/29/1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=955629 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/83f1b4ba917db5dc5a061a44b3403ddb6e783494 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)