CVE-2013-2232
Published: 4 July 2013
The ip6_sk_dst_check function in net/ipv6/ip6_output.c in the Linux kernel before 3.10 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by using an AF_INET6 socket for a connection to an IPv4 interface.
From the Ubuntu Security Team
A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel when an IPv6 socket is used to connect to an IPv4 destination. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash).
Priority
Medium
Status
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-2232
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.10.bz2
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a963a37d384d71ad43b3e9e79d68d42fbe0901f3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/02/5
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=a963a37d384d71ad43b3e9e79d68d42fbe0901f3
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1912-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1913-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1938-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1943-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1942-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1944-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1945-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1941-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1947-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1946-1
- NVD
- Launchpad
- Debian