CVE-2013-4312
mediumpriority · track · 25EPSS 0.006 · 48 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The Linux kernel before 4.4.1 allows local users to bypass file-descriptor limits and cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by sending each descriptor over a UNIX socket before closing it, related to net/unix/af_unix.c and net/unix/garbage.c.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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affected products (22)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6
advisories (1)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- WID-SEC-W-2024-0153Linux Kernel: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2016-01-19csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen im Linux Kernel ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen oder um seine Privilegien zu erweitern.
also known as (3)
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sources
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references (65)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=712f4aad406bb1ed67f3f98d04c044191f0ff593cnnvd
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176464.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176484.htmlcnnvd
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0855.htmlcnnvd
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.htmlcnnvd
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.htmlcnnvd
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.4.1cnnvd
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.htmlcnnvd
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