CVE-2013-0871
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.9
Description
Race condition in the ptrace functionality in the Linux kernel before 3.7.5 allows local users to gain privileges via a PTRACE_SETREGS ptrace system call in a crafted application, as demonstrated by ptrace_death.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Linux kernel Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | 3.7.5 |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 3.2.39-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 3.2.39-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 3.2.39-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 3.2.39-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 3.2.39-1 |
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9899d11f654474d2d54ea52ceaa2a1f4db3abd68
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00022.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00018.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00005.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0567.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0661.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0662.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0695.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2632
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.7.5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/15/16
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1736-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1737-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1738-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1739-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1740-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1741-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1742-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1743-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1744-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1745-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=911937
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9899d11f654474d2d54ea52ceaa2a1f4db3abd68
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-0871
CWEs
CWE-362
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.