SB2013021801 - Cryptographic issues in Linux kernel
Published: February 18, 2013 Updated: August 11, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2013021801
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Cryptographic issues (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-5374)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The CRC32C feature in the Btrfs implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.8-rc1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (extended runtime of kernel code) by creating many different files whose names are associated with the same CRC32C hash value.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://crypto.junod.info/2012/12/13/hash-dos-and-btrfs/
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=9c52057c698fb96f8f07e7a4bcf4801a092bda89
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00004.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/13/20
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/testing/patch-3.8-rc1.bz2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1944-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1945-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1946-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1947-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2017-1
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9c52057c698fb96f8f07e7a4bcf4801a092bda89