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CVE-2013-2017

The veth (aka virtual Ethernet) driver in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34 does not properly manage skbs during congestion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) by leveraging lack of skb consumption in conjunction with a double-free error.

Published

2013-05-03T11:57:45.790

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: COMPLETE
Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-399
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System linux linux_kernel ≤ 2.6.33.20 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.33 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.33 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.33 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.33 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.33 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.33 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.33 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.33 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.33 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.33.1 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.33.2 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.33.3 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.33.4 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.33.5 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.33.6 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.33.7 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.33.8 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.33.9 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.33.10 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.33.11 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.33.12 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.33.13 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.33.14 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.33.15 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.33.16 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.33.17 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.33.18 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.33.19 Yes
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