CVE-2013-1772

medium

Description

The log_prefix function in kernel/printk.c in the Linux kernel 3.x before 3.4.33 does not properly remove a prefix string from a syslog header, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and system crash) by leveraging /dev/kmsg write access and triggering a call_console_drivers function call.

References

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ce0030c00f95cf9110d9cdcd41e901e1fb814417

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=916075

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/26/9

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.4.33

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2013-02-28

Updated: 2013-08-22

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium