Resource Management Errors Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,3.10.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (27th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3005009
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed29 Jul 2013
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 29 Jul 2013

CVE-2013-4163  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 3.10.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Resource Management Errors. The ip6_append_data_mtu function in net/ipv6/ip6_output.c in the IPv6 implementation in the Linux kernel through 3.10.3 does not properly maintain information about whether the IPV6_MTU setsockopt option had been specified, 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.

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CVSS Base Scores

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