CVE - CVE-2013-1828

CVE-ID
CVE-2013-1828	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The sctp_getsockopt_assoc_stats function in net/sctp/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.4 does not validate a size value before proceeding to a copy_from_user operation, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application that contains an SCTP_GET_ASSOC_STATS getsockopt system call.
References
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MISC:24747 URL:http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24747 MISC:[oss-security] 20130307 Re: CVE Request -- Linux kernel: sctp: SCTP_GET_ASSOC_STATS stack overflow URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/08/2 MISC:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=726bc6b092da4c093eb74d13c07184b18c1af0f1 URL:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=726bc6b092da4c093eb74d13c07184b18c1af0f1 MISC:http://grsecurity.net/~spender/sctp.c URL:http://grsecurity.net/~spender/sctp.c MISC:http://twitter.com/grsecurity/statuses/309805924749541376 URL:http://twitter.com/grsecurity/statuses/309805924749541376 MISC:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.4 URL:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.4 MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=919315 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=919315 MISC:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/726bc6b092da4c093eb74d13c07184b18c1af0f1 URL:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/726bc6b092da4c093eb74d13c07184b18c1af0f1
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20130219	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20130219)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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