NVD - CVE-2013-2017

CVE-2013-2017 Detail

Description

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.

Source: MITRE
Description Last Modified: 05/03/2013

Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.8 HIGH
Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.9
Exploitability Subscore: 10.0

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Complete
Additional Information:
Allows disruption of service

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Hyperlink	Resource
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.34
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=6ec82562ffc6f297d0de36d65776cff8e5704867
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/29/10
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=957705
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6ec82562ffc6f297d0de36d65776cff8e5704867

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

Resource Management Errors (CWE-399)

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2013-2017
NVD Published Date:
05/03/2013
NVD Last Modified:
05/03/2013

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