CVE-2013-4247

 

Published at: - 25-08-2013 05:27

Last modified: - 17-01-2023 10:44

Total changes: - 2

Description

Off-by-one error in the build_unc_path_to_root function in fs/cifs/connect.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) via a DFS share mount operation that triggers use of an unexpected DFS referral name length.

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

 

Verification logic

 

Reference

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=998401
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.9.6
• [oss-security] 20130814 Re: CVE Request: Linux kernel: cifs: off-by-one bug in build_unc_path_to_root-Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=1fc29bacedeabb278080e31bb9c1ecb49f143c3b
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1fc29bacedeabb278080e31bb9c1ecb49f143c3b

 

Keywords

NVD

 

CVE-2013-4247

 

CVE

 

Common vulnerabilities & exposures

 

CVSS

 

Common vulnerability scoring system

 

Security

 

Vulnerabilities

 

Exposures