SB2014032406 - NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel
Published: March 24, 2014 Updated: August 10, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014032406
Severity
Medium
Patch available
NO
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-7339)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error. A remote attacker can trigger denial of service conditions via a bind system call for an RDS socket on a system that lacks RDS transports.
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=c2349758acf1874e4c2b93fe41d072336f1a31d0
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59386
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.12.8
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/20/14
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66351
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1079214
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c2349758acf1874e4c2b93fe41d072336f1a31d0