CVE-2013-6432

Published Dec 9, 2013

Last updated 2 years ago

Overview

Description
The ping_recvmsg function in net/ipv4/ping.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.4 does not properly interact with read system calls on ping sockets, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) by leveraging unspecified privileges to execute a crafted application.
Source
secalert@redhat.com
NVD status
Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
4.6
Impact score
6.9
Exploitability score
3.1
Vector string
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
NVD-CWE-Other

Social media

Hype score
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Evaluator

Comment
Per: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html "CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference"
Impact
-
Solution
-

Configurations