Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2013-1792 (CCN-82643)

Assigned:2013-03-06
Published:2013-03-06
Updated:2023-02-13
Summary:Race condition in the install_user_keyrings function in security/keys/process_keys.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via crafted keyctl system calls that trigger keyring operations in simultaneous threads.
CVSS v3 Severity:6.2 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:4.7 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
3.5 Low (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Complete
4.9 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
3.7 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Complete
4.0 Medium (REDHAT CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
3.0 Low (REDHAT Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): High
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2013-1792

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Type: UNKNOWN
secalert@redhat.com

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Type: UNKNOWN
secalert@redhat.com

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Type: UNKNOWN
secalert@redhat.com

Source: CCN
Type: RHSA-2013-0744
Important: kernel security and bug fix update

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Type: UNKNOWN
secalert@redhat.com

Source: CCN
Type: RHSA-2013-0829
Important: kernel-rt security and bug fix update

Source: CCN
Type: SA52441
Linux Kernel "install_user_keyrings()" Race Condition Vulnerability

Source: CCN
Type: SA52640
Linux Kernel "install_user_keyrings()" Race Condition Vulnerability

Source: DEBIAN
Type: DSA-2668
linux-2.6 -- privilege escalation/denial of service/information leak

Source: CCN
Type: The Linux Kernel Archives Web site
The Linux Kernel Archives

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Type: UNKNOWN
secalert@redhat.com

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Type: UNKNOWN
secalert@redhat.com

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Type: UNKNOWN
secalert@redhat.com

Source: CCN
Type: BID-58368
Linux Kernel CVE-2013-1792 Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Type: UNKNOWN
secalert@redhat.com

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Type: UNKNOWN
secalert@redhat.com

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Type: UNKNOWN
secalert@redhat.com

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Type: UNKNOWN
secalert@redhat.com

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Type: UNKNOWN
secalert@redhat.com

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Type: UNKNOWN
secalert@redhat.com

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Type: UNKNOWN
secalert@redhat.com

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Type: UNKNOWN
secalert@redhat.com

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Type: UNKNOWN
secalert@redhat.com

Source: CCN
Type: Red Hat Bugzilla Bug 916646
CVE-2013-1792 Kernel: keys: race condition in install_user_keyrings()

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Type: UNKNOWN
secalert@redhat.com

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
kernel-installuserkeyrings-dos(82643)

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Type: UNKNOWN
secalert@redhat.com

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration RedHat 1:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • Configuration RedHat 2:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6::client:*:*:*:*:*
    • Configuration RedHat 3:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode:*:*:*:*:*
    • Configuration RedHat 4:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6::server:*:*:*:*:*
    • Configuration RedHat 5:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • AND
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6:*:server:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6:*:workstation:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_mrg:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:20131792
    V
    		CVE-2013-1792
    2022-05-20
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33117
    P
    		Security update for openexr (Important)
    2022-01-12
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33068
    P
    		Security update for libvpx (Moderate)
    2021-12-23
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33011
    P
    		Security update for hivex (Moderate)
    2021-09-23
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33900
    P
    		Security update for java-1_7_0-openjdk (Moderate)
    2021-04-29
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:29848
    P
    		Security update for Linux kernel
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33156
    P
    		libjasper on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:28971
    P
    		Security update for postgresql94 (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32617
    P
    		xorg-x11 on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:28383
    P
    		Security update for rubygem-activesupport-3_2 (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33223
    P
    		pam_ldap on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:29074
    P
    		Security update for cups (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32768
    P
    		perl-32bit on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:28462
    P
    		Security update for xorg-x11-libX11 (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:29130
    P
    		Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:28678
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox, mozilla-nss (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32393
    P
    		Security update for tomcat6 (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:29812
    P
    		Security update for jasper
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:28819
    P
    		Security update for python
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32482
    P
    		NetworkManager-gnome on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:28382
    P
    		Security update for rubygem-activerecord-3_2 (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33179
    P
    		libsamplerate on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:29025
    P
    		Security update for LibVNCServer (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32711
    P
    		libfreebl3 on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:28394
    P
    		Security update for samba (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33861
    P
    		Security update for jakarta-commons-fileupload (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:29113
    P
    		Security update for java-1_7_0-ibm (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32855
    P
    		evince on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:28593
    P
    		Security update for openvpn
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32392
    P
    		Security update for tomcat6 (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:29174
    P
    		Security update to ucode-intel (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:28735
    P
    		Security update for kvm and libvirt
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32404
    P
    		Security update for w3m (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:24665
    P
    		SUSE-SU-2014:0287-1 -- Security update for Linux kernel
    2015-03-16
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27622
    P
    		ELSA-2013-2520 -- Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update (important)
    2015-03-16
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27454
    P
    		ELSA-2013-2519 -- Unbreakable Enterprise kernel Security update (important)
    2014-12-15
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:26098
    P
    		SUSE-SU-2013:0759-2 -- Security update for Linux kernel
    2014-09-08
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:25846
    P
    		SUSE-SU-2013:0759-1 -- Security update for Linux kernel
    2014-09-08
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18323
    P
    		USN-1788-1 -- linux-lts-backport-oneiric vulnerabilities
    2014-07-21
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18083
    P
    		USN-1792-1 -- linux vulnerabilities
    2014-07-07
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17993
    P
    		USN-1796-1 -- linux vulnerabilities
    2014-06-30
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18336
    P
    		USN-1797-1 -- linux-ti-omap4 vulnerabilities
    2014-06-30
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17453
    P
    		USN-1787-1 -- linux vulnerabilities
    2014-06-30
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18356
    P
    		USN-1798-1 -- linux-ec2 vulnerabilities
    2014-06-30
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17686
    P
    		USN-1795-1 -- linux-lts-quantal vulnerabilities
    2014-06-30
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18322
    P
    		USN-1793-1 -- linux vulnerabilities
    2014-06-30
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17897
    P
    		USN-1794-1 -- linux-ti-omap4 vulnerabilities
    2014-06-30
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19799
    P
    		DSA-2668-1 linux-2.6 - several
    2014-06-23
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23777
    P
    		ELSA-2013:0744: kernel security and bug fix update (Important)
    2014-05-26
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20990
    P
    		RHSA-2013:0744: kernel security and bug fix update (Important)
    2014-02-17
    oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20130744
    P
    		RHSA-2013:0744: kernel security and bug fix update (Important)
    2013-04-23
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201317920000000
    V
    		CVE-2013-1792 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2013-03-22
    oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:20131792000
    V
    		CVE-2013-1792 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - medium.
    2013-03-22
    oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20131792000
    V
    		CVE-2013-1792 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.
    2013-03-22
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20131792000
    V
    		CVE-2013-1792 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2013-03-22
    BACK
    linux linux kernel 3.7
    linux linux kernel 3.8
    redhat enterprise linux 6
    redhat enterprise linux 6
    redhat enterprise linux desktop 6
    redhat enterprise linux hpc node 6
    redhat enterprise mrg 2.0