CVE-2013-4483

CVE Details

Release Date:2013-10-29
Impact:Moderate What is this?

Description


A flaw was found in the way the ipc_rcu_putref() function in the Linux kernel's IPC implementation handled reference counter decrementing. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to trigger an Out of Memory (OOM) condition and, potentially, crash the system.

See more information about CVE-2013-4483 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD


NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.


CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score: 4.9
Vector String: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Version: 2.0
Attack Vector: Local
Attack Complexity: Low
Authentication: None
Confidentiality Impact: None
Integrity Impact: None
Availability Impact: Complete

Errata information


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)ELSA-2014-02852014-03-12
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)ELSA-2014-0285-12014-03-13
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-371.6.1.0.1.el5)ELSA-2014-0285-12014-03-13
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-371.6.1.el5)ELSA-2014-02852014-03-12
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-371.6.1.0.1.el5)ELSA-2014-0285-12014-03-13
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-371.6.1.el5)ELSA-2014-02852014-03-12
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel)ELSA-2014-13922014-10-20


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