CVE-2013-3301

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

29/04/2013

Last modified:

11/04/2025

Description

The ftrace implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.8.8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging the CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability for write access to the (1) set_ftrace_pid or (2) set_graph_function file, and then making an lseek system call.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.20 HIGH
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

7.20

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.1 (including)	3.2.44 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.3 (including)	3.4.49 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.5 (including)	3.8.8 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_mrg:2.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp3::::::
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_high_availability_extension:11:sp3::::::
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp3::::-::*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp3:vmware:::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2013-3301

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools