Executive Summary

Summary
Title Linux kernel (Quantal HWE) vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-1749-1 First vendor Publication 2013-02-26
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2013-02-26
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 7.2 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

The system could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator.

Software Description: - linux-lts-quantal: Linux hardware enablement kernel from Quantal

Details:

Brad Spengler discovered a bounds checking error for netlink messages requesting SOCK_DIAG_BY_FAMILY. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to crash the system or run programs as an administrator.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
linux-image-3.5.0-25-generic 3.5.0-25.39~precise1

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1749-1
CVE-2013-1763

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-lts-quantal/3.5.0-25.39~precise1

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1749-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17929
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17929
Title: USN-1749-1 -- linux-lts-quantal vulnerability
Description: The system could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-1749-1
CVE-2013-1763
Version: 7
Platform(s): Ubuntu 12.04
Product(s): linux-lts-quantal
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18134
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18134
Title: USN-1751-1 -- linux-ti-omap4 vulnerability
Description: The system could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-1751-1
CVE-2013-1763
Version: 7
Platform(s): Ubuntu 12.10
Product(s): linux-ti-omap4
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18276
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18276
Title: USN-1750-1 -- linux vulnerabilities
Description: The system could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-1750-1
CVE-2013-1763
Version: 7
Platform(s): Ubuntu 12.10
Product(s): linux
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Os 1813

SAINT Exploits

Description Link
Linux kernel __sock_diag_rcv_msg Netlink message privilege elevation More info here

ExploitDB Exploits

id Description
2013-02-24 Linux Kernel 3.3-3.8 - SOCK_DIAG Local Root Exploit

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2014-07-22 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2013-0622.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-06-13 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2013-175.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-06-13 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2013-440.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-06-25 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2013-176.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-03-04 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2013-3106.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-02-27 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2013-3086.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-02-27 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-1749-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-02-27 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-1750-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-02-27 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-1751-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Alert History

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Date Informations
2014-02-17 12:01:37
  • Multiple Updates
2013-03-01 13:20:43
  • Multiple Updates
2013-03-01 00:19:39
  • Multiple Updates
2013-02-26 13:17:38
  • First insertion