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National Vulnerability Database

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2013-4588 Detail

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://ftp.linux.org.uk/pub/linux/linux-2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.33 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=04bcef2a83f40c6db24222b27a52892cba39dffb CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/15/12 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63744 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2064-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2065-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1030800 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/04bcef2a83f40c6db24222b27a52892cba39dffb CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2013-4588
NVD Published Date:
11/20/2013
NVD Last Modified:
04/10/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.