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.

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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

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2014-0285	2014-03-12
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2014-0285-1	2014-03-13
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-371.6.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2014-0285-1	2014-03-13
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-371.6.1.el5)	ELSA-2014-0285	2014-03-12
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-371.6.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2014-0285-1	2014-03-13
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-371.6.1.el5)	ELSA-2014-0285	2014-03-12
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel)	ELSA-2014-1392	2014-10-20