SB2013021807 - Memory leak in Linux kernel
Published: February 18, 2013 Updated: August 11, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2013021807
Severity
Low
Patch available
NO
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Adjecent network
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-0217)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c in the Xen netback functionality in the Linux kernel before 3.7.8 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering certain error conditions. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=7d5145d8eb2b9791533ffe4dc003b129b9696c48
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.7.8
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/05/12
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=910883
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/7d5145d8eb2b9791533ffe4dc003b129b9696c48