CVE-2013-4470 — MEDIUM (6.9)

Q: How severe is CVE-2013-4470?

CVE-2013-4470 has been rated MEDIUM with a CVSS base score of 6.9/10. Review the CVSS metrics above for detailed severity breakdown.

Q: Is there a patch for CVE-2013-4470?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Linux Linux Kernel.

Vulnerability Description

The Linux kernel before 3.12, when UDP Fragmentation Offload (UFO) is enabled, does not properly initialize certain data structures, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted application that uses the UDP_CORK option in a setsockopt system call and sends both short and long packets, related to the ip_ufo_append_data function in net/ipv4/ip_output.c and the ip6_ufo_append_data function in net/ipv6/ip6_output.c.

CVSS Score

6.9

MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality

COMPLETE

Integrity

COMPLETE

Availability

COMPLETE

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Linux	Linux Kernel	<= 3.11.7

Related Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-264

References

FAQ

What is CVE-2013-4470?

CVE-2013-4470 is a vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.9 (MEDIUM). The Linux kernel before 3.12, when UDP Fragmentation Offload (UFO) is enabled, does not properly initialize certain data structures, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corru...

How severe is CVE-2013-4470?

CVE-2013-4470 has been rated MEDIUM with a CVSS base score of 6.9/10. Review the CVSS metrics above for detailed severity breakdown.

Is there a patch for CVE-2013-4470?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Linux Linux Kernel.