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CVE-2013-1979

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Date: May 3, 2013

The scm_set_cred function in include/net/scm.h in the Linux kernel before 3.8.11 uses incorrect uid and gid values during credentials passing, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application.

Language: C

Severity Score

7.4

Related Resources (17)

Url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/83f1b4ba917db5dc5a061a44b3403ddb6e783494

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00007.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00016.html

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176

Url: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=83f1b4ba917db5dc5a061a44b3403ddb6e783494

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00006.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00018.html

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2013-1979

Url: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.11

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=955629

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00129.html

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1979

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1979

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/29/1

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/103750.html

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/104480.html

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2013-1979

Severity Score

7.4

Weakness Type (CWE)

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

CWE-264

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.4
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	6.9
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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CVE-2013-1979

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Date: May 3, 2013

Language: C

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Related Resources (17)

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Weakness Type (CWE)

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CVSS v3.1

CVSS v2

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