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Medium
CVE-2013-4343
Use-after-free vulnerability in drivers/net/tun.c in the Linux kernel through 3.11.1...
Vulnerability Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in drivers/net/tun.c in the Linux kernel through 3.11.1 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability and providing an invalid tuntap interface name in a TUNSETIFF ioctl call.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg250066.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1490.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1007733
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2020-1
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=137889490510745&w=2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/12/3
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2049-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2023-1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00071.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00039.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00048.html
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
linux kernel, ubuntu linux
Vulnerable Versions:
3.8, 3.11, 13.04, 13.10
Timeline
Official Publish:
September 25th, 2013
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.