Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2013-2851 (CCN-84818)

Assigned:2013-06-06
Published:2013-06-06
Updated:2014-03-26
Summary:Format string vulnerability in the register_disk function in block/genhd.c in the Linux kernel through 3.9.4 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging root access and writing format string specifiers to /sys/module/md_mod/parameters/new_array in order to create a crafted /dev/md device name.
CVSS v3 Severity:9.3 Critical (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Changed
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:6.0 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
4.5 Medium (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): High
Authentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
7.2 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
5.3 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/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): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
6.0 Medium (REDHAT CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
4.5 Medium (REDHAT Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): High
Authentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Type:CWE-134
Vulnerability Consequences:Gain Privileges
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2013-2851

Source: SUSE
Type: UNKNOWN
SUSE-SU-2013:1473

Source: SUSE
Type: UNKNOWN
SUSE-SU-2013:1474

Source: SUSE
Type: UNKNOWN
openSUSE-SU-2013:1971

Source: MLIST
Type: UNKNOWN
[linux-kernel] 20130606 [PATCH 1/8] block: do not pass disk names as format strings

Source: CCN
Type: RHSA-2013-1264
Important: kernel-rt security and bug fix update

Source: CCN
Type: RHSA-2013-1645
Important: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 kernel update

Source: REDHAT
Type: UNKNOWN
RHSA-2013:1645

Source: CCN
Type: RHSA-2013-1783
Important: kernel security and bug fix update

Source: REDHAT
Type: UNKNOWN
RHSA-2013:1783

Source: CCN
Type: RHSA-2014-0284
Important: kernel security and bug fix update

Source: REDHAT
Type: UNKNOWN
RHSA-2014:0284

Source: DEBIAN
Type: UNKNOWN
DSA-2766

Source: DEBIAN
Type: DSA-2745
linux -- privilege escalation/denial of service/information leak

Source: DEBIAN
Type: DSA-2766
linux-2.6 -- privilege escalation/denial of service/information leak

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

Source: MLIST
Type: UNKNOWN
[oss-security] 20130606 Linux kernel format string flaws

Source: CCN
Type: BID-60409
Linux Kernel CVE-2013-2851 Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Source: UBUNTU
Type: UNKNOWN
USN-1912-1

Source: UBUNTU
Type: UNKNOWN
USN-1913-1

Source: UBUNTU
Type: UNKNOWN
USN-1941-1

Source: UBUNTU
Type: UNKNOWN
USN-1942-1

Source: CCN
Type: Red Hat Bugzilla Bug 969515
CVE-2013-2851 kernel: block: passing disk names as format strings

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=969515

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
linux-kernel-cve20132851-format-string(84818)

Source: CCN
Type: WhiteSource Vulnerability Database
CVE-2013-2851

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version <= 3.9.4)

    • 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:3.9:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:20132851
    V
    		CVE-2013-2851
    2022-05-20
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33118
    P
    		Security update for apache2 (Important)
    2022-01-12
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32240
    P
    		Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 41 for SLE 12 SP3) (Important)
    2021-12-14
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:26181
    P
    		Security update for mozilla-nss (Important)
    2021-12-06
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:31716
    P
    		Security update for mozilla-nss (Important)
    2021-12-06
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:26139
    P
    		Security update for libvirt (Moderate)
    2021-10-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33012
    P
    		Security update for xen (Important)
    2021-09-23
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:31642
    P
    		Security update for webkit2gtk3 (Important)
    2021-06-17
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:42571
    P
    		kernel-default-3.0.101-63.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-06-08
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:36164
    P
    		kernel-default-3.0.101-63.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-06-08
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:36428
    P
    		kernel-docs-3.0.101-63.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-06-08
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:31631
    P
    		Security update for gstreamer-plugins-bad (Important)
    2021-06-07
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:31630
    P
    		Security update for polkit (Important)
    2021-06-03
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:26055
    P
    		Security update for hivex (Moderate)
    2021-05-26
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:26053
    P
    		Security update for libxml2 (Important)
    2021-05-19
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33901
    P
    		Security update for cups (Important)
    2021-04-30
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32084
    P
    		Security update for gdm (Important)
    2021-04-28
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33088
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-03-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33069
    P
    		Security update for python36 (Important)
    2021-02-10
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25977
    P
    		Security update for openssl-1_1 (Important)
    2020-12-10
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:31940
    P
    		Recommended update for glibc (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:26445
    P
    		Security update for chromium (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32345
    P
    		Security update for spice (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32405
    P
    		Security update for wavpack (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:26607
    P
    		libvorbis on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33127
    P
    		kernel-default on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:28384
    P
    		Security update for rubygem-activesupport-3_2 (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32856
    P
    		evolution-data-server on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:27391
    P
    		e2fsprogs-devel on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25713
    P
    		Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:28736
    P
    		Security update for lcms
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33180
    P
    		libsndfile on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25998
    P
    		Security update for libreoffice (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:29114
    P
    		Security update for java-1_7_0-ibm (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:26392
    P
    		Security update for MozillaThunderbird (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25989
    P
    		Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:27162
    P
    		kernel-default on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32393
    P
    		Security update for tomcat6 (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:26403
    P
    		Security update for ffmpeg (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32450
    P
    		Security update for xen (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32712
    P
    		libgdiplus0 on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:26709
    P
    		gmime on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:28594
    P
    		Security update for Perl
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25789
    P
    		Security update for flash-player (Critical)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:29026
    P
    		Security update for LibVNCServer (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:26290
    P
    		Security update for ImageMagick (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:29813
    P
    		Security update for jasper (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:31997
    P
    		Security update for java-1_7_1-ibm (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:26489
    P
    		Security update for php7-imagick (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:26262
    P
    		Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32384
    P
    		Security update for tiff (Low)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32483
    P
    		OpenEXR on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:26656
    P
    		zoo on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:28395
    P
    		Security update for samba (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:27426
    P
    		kernel-docs on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25714
    P
    		Security update for libpng16 (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:28820
    P
    		Security update for Python
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33224
    P
    		pam_mount on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:29131
    P
    		Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:31848
    P
    		Security update for clamav (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:26431
    P
    		Security update for tor (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32296
    P
    		Security update for procmail (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32394
    P
    		Security update for transfig (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:26554
    P
    		ghostscript-fonts-other 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:32769
    P
    		perl-HTML-Parser on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:26753
    P
    		libmysqlclient15-32bit on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:28679
    P
    		Security update for flac
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33157
    P
    		libksba on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25917
    P
    		Security update for mariadb (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:29075
    P
    		Security update for cups (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:26343
    P
    		Security update for MozillaThunderbird (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:29849
    P
    		Security update for Linux kernel
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25978
    P
    		Security update for tcpdump, libpcap (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:27127
    P
    		freetype2 on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:26319
    P
    		Security update for kde-cli-tools5 (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32406
    P
    		Security update for wavpack (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32618
    P
    		xorg-x11-Xvnc on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:26695
    P
    		fetchmail on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:28463
    P
    		Security update for xorg-x11-libX11 (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25725
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:28972
    P
    		Recommended update for python-setuptools (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33862
    P
    		Security update for jakarta
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:29175
    P
    		Security update for microcode_ctl (Important)
    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:26512
    P
    		ELSA-2013-2542 -- unbreakable enterprise kernel security update (important)
    2015-03-16
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27264
    P
    		ELSA-2013-1645 -- Oracle Linux 6 kernel update (important)
    2014-12-15
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27363
    P
    		ELSA-2013-2543 -- unbreakable enterprise kernel security update (important)
    2014-12-15
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:26083
    P
    		RHSA-2013:1645: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 kernel update (Important)
    2014-09-15
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:25635
    P
    		SUSE-SU-2013:1474-1 -- Security update for Linux kernel
    2014-09-08
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:25573
    P
    		SUSE-SU-2013:1473-1 -- Security update for Linux kernel
    2014-09-08
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18033
    P
    		USN-1935-1 -- linux vulnerabilities
    2014-07-07
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18312
    P
    		USN-1912-1 -- linux vulnerabilities
    2014-06-30
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18859
    P
    		USN-1933-1 -- linux-ti-omap4 vulnerabilities
    2014-06-30
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18568
    P
    		USN-1936-1 -- linux-lts-raring vulnerabilities
    2014-06-30
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18870
    P
    		USN-1941-1 -- linux vulnerabilities
    2014-06-30
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18042
    P
    		USN-1913-1 -- linux-ec2 vulnerabilities
    2014-06-30
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18764
    P
    		USN-1932-1 -- linux vulnerabilities
    2014-06-30
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18941
    P
    		USN-1931-1 -- linux-lts-quantal vulnerabilities
    2014-06-30
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18298
    P
    		USN-1942-1 -- linux-ti-omap4 vulnerabilities
    2014-06-30
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18848
    P
    		USN-1934-1 -- linux-ti-omap4 vulnerabilities
    2014-06-30
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19806
    P
    		DSA-2766-1 linux-2.6 - several
    2014-06-23
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19878
    P
    		DSA-2745-1 linux - several
    2014-06-23
    oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20131645
    P
    		RHSA-2013:1645: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 kernel update (Important)
    2013-11-21
    oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:20132851000
    V
    		CVE-2013-2851 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - medium.
    2013-06-07
    oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20132851000
    V
    		CVE-2013-2851 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.
    2013-06-07
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201328510000000
    V
    		CVE-2013-2851 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2013-06-07
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20132851000
    V
    		CVE-2013-2851 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2013-06-07
    BACK
    linux linux kernel 3.9 rc1
    linux linux kernel 3.9 rc2
    linux linux kernel 3.9 rc3
    linux linux kernel 3.9 rc4
    linux linux kernel 3.9 rc5
    linux linux kernel 3.9 rc6
    linux linux kernel 3.9 rc7
    linux linux kernel 3.9.0
    linux linux kernel 3.9.1
    linux linux kernel 3.9.2
    linux linux kernel 3.9.3
    linux linux kernel *
    linux linux kernel 3.9 rc6
    linux linux kernel 3.9 rc5
    linux linux kernel 3.9 rc4
    linux linux kernel 3.9 rc3
    linux linux kernel 3.9 rc2
    linux linux kernel 3.9 rc1
    linux linux kernel 3.9 rc7
    linux linux kernel 3.9.0
    linux linux kernel 3.9.1
    linux linux kernel 3.9.2
    linux linux kernel 3.9.3
    linux linux kernel 3.9.4
    redhat enterprise linux 6
    redhat enterprise linux 6
    redhat enterprise linux desktop 6
    redhat enterprise linux hpc node 6