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CVE-2013-4312

CVSS v3.0 6.2 (Medium)
62% Progress
CVSS v2.0 4.9 (Medium)
49% Progress
EPSS 0.15 % (52th)
0.15% Progress
Affected Products 2
Advisories 27
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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.

Weaknesses
CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Related CVEs
CVE Status
PUBLISHED
CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Published Date
2016-02-08 03:59:00
(8 years ago)
Updated Date
2023-02-13 04:46:29
(19 months ago)

Affected Products

Linux

Oracle

Configuration #1

    CPE23 From Up To
  Oracle Linux 5.0 cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:5.0
  Oracle Linux 6 cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:6
  Oracle Linux 7 cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:7

Configuration #2

    CPE23 From Up To
  Linux Kernel 4.4 and prior versions cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel <= 4.4