CVE-2013-6885

CVE Details

Release Date:

2013-11-28

Description

The microcode on AMD 16h 00h through 0Fh processors does not properly handle the interaction between locked instructions and write-combined memory types, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) via a crafted application, aka the errata 793 issue.

See more information about CVE-2013-6885 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	4.3	Base Metrics:	AV:A/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector:	Adjacent network	Attack Complexity:	High
Authentication:	Requires single instance	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 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-35.el6uek)	ELSA-2014-3034	2014-05-19
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2014-3034	2014-05-19

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