CVE-2013-4588

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33, when CONFIG_IP_VS is used, allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for (1) a getsockopt system call, related to the do_ip_vs_get_ctl function, or (2) a setsockopt system call, related to the do_ip_vs_set_ctl function.

References

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/04bcef2a83f40c6db24222b27a52892cba39dffb

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1030800

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2065-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2064-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63744

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/15/12

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=04bcef2a83f40c6db24222b27a52892cba39dffb

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3