CVE-2013-4588 Information

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33 when CONFIG_IP_VS is used allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for (1) a getsockopt system call related to the do_ip_vs_get_ctl function or (2) a setsockopt system call related to the do_ip_vs_set_ctl function.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://ftp.linux.org.uk/pub/linux/linux-2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.33 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=04bcef2a83f40c6db24222b27a52892cba39dffb http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/15/12 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63744 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2064-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2065-1 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1030800 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/04bcef2a83f40c6db24222b27a52892cba39dffb

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.0