CVE-2013-4162

Public on 2013-07-29
Modified on 2014-09-16
Description

The udp_v6_push_pending_frames function in net/ipv6/udp.c in the IPv6 implementation in the Linux kernel through 3.10.3 makes an incorrect function call for pending data, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG and system crash) via a crafted application that uses the UDP_CORK option in a setsockopt system call.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
4.9
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 kernel 2013-10-16 20:53 ALAS-2013-233

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 4.9 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
NVD CVSSv2 4.7 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C