Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2013-4591 (CCN-89027)

Assigned:2012-12-11
Published:2012-12-11
Updated:2023-02-13
Summary:Buffer overflow in the __nfs4_get_acl_uncached function in fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a getxattr system call for the system.nfs4_acl extended attribute of a pathname on an NFSv4 filesystem.
CVSS v3 Severity:7.3 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): Low
Availibility (A): Low
CVSS v2 Severity:6.2 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
4.6 Medium (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/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): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
6.8 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
5.0 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): Partial
6.2 Medium (REDHAT CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
4.6 Medium (REDHAT Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/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): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Consequences:Gain Access
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2013-4591

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

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

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

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

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

Source: CCN
Type: oss-sec Mailing List, Mon, 18 Nov 2013 15:46:49 +0100
CVE-2013-4591 -- Linux kernel: kernel: nfs: missing check for buffer length in __nfs4_get_acl_uncached

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

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

Source: CCN
Type: BID-63791
Linux Kernel '__nfs4_get_acl_uncached()' Function Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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

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

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
linux-kernel-cve20134591-bo(89027)

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Type: Exploit, Patch
secalert@redhat.com

Source: CCN
Type: WhiteSource Vulnerability Database
CVE-2013-4591

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

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:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • 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:20134591
    V
    		CVE-2013-4591
    2022-09-02
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33014
    P
    		Security update for sqlite3 (Important)
    2021-09-23
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33903
    P
    		Security update for samba (Important)
    2021-05-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33071
    P
    		Security update for python (Important)
    2021-02-11
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32714
    P
    		libgtop on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:28397
    P
    		Security update for samba (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33864
    P
    		Security update for jasper
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:29116
    P
    		Security update for java-1_7_0-ibm (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32858
    P
    		fetchmail on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:28596
    P
    		Security update for puppet
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32395
    P
    		Security update for unrar (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:29177
    P
    		Security update for microcode_ctl (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:28738
    P
    		Security update for libQt
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32407
    P
    		Security update for wget (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:29851
    P
    		Security update for Linux Kernel
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33159
    P
    		liblzo2-2 on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:28974
    P
    		Security update for rsync (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32620
    P
    		xterm on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:28386
    P
    		Security update for rubygem-mail-2_4 (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33226
    P
    		pcsc-ccid on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:29077
    P
    		Security update for curl (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32771
    P
    		perl-libwww-perl on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:28465
    P
    		Security update for xorg-x11-libXdmcp (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:29133
    P
    		Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:28681
    P
    		Security update for flash-player (Critical)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32396
    P
    		Security update for unrar (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:29815
    P
    		Security update for jasper (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33120
    P
    		kde4-kgreeter-plugins on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:28822
    P
    		Security update for python-lxml
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32485
    P
    		PolicyKit on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:28385
    P
    		Security update for rubygem-activesupport-3_2 (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33182
    P
    		libsoup-2_4-1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:29028
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox, MozillaFirefox-branding-SLE and mozilla-nss (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27358
    P
    		ELSA-2013-2585 -- Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel security update (important)
    2015-03-16
    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:27264
    P
    		ELSA-2013-1645 -- Oracle Linux 6 kernel 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: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:20134591000
    V
    		CVE-2013-4591 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - medium.
    2013-11-20
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201345910000000
    V
    		CVE-2013-4591 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2013-11-20
    oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20134591000
    V
    		CVE-2013-4591 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.
    2013-11-20
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20134591000
    V
    		CVE-2013-4591 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2013-11-20
    BACK
    linux kernel 2.6.0
    redhat enterprise linux 6
    redhat enterprise linux 6
    redhat enterprise linux desktop 6
    redhat enterprise linux hpc node 6