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Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2013 20:30:05 -0600
From: Kurt Seifried <kseifried@...hat.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
CC: Agostino Sarubbo <ago@...too.org>
Subject: Re: CVE request: Kernel PID Spoofing Privilege Escalation
Vulnerability
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On 09/04/2013 08:39 AM, Agostino Sarubbo wrote:
> A vulnerability has been reported in the Linux Kernel, which can be
> exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.
>
> The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the
> "scm_check_creds()" function (net/core/scm.c) and can be exploited
> to gain escalated privileges by spoofing a PID.
>
> The vulnerability is reported in version 3.10.10.
>
>
> Solution: Fixed in the GIT repository.
>
> Provided and/or discovered by: Disclosed within a GIT commit.
>
> Original Advisory:
> http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/net/core/scm.c?id=d661684cf6820331feae71146c35da83d794467e
>
> Source: https://secunia.com/advisories/54675/
Please use CVE-2013-4300 for this issue.
Stupid Q, any reason why this couldn't be sent to
http://oss-security.openwall.org/wiki/mailing-lists/distros to give
vendors a heads up (also we can get it a CVE prior to public release
then)?
- --
Kurt Seifried Red Hat Security Response Team (SRT)
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