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CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2013-2017

Published: May 03, 2013 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.8 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
RedHat/V2
5.4 MODERATE
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2017
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/399.html

The veth (aka virtual Ethernet) driver in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34 does not properly manage skbs during congestion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) by leveraging lack of skb consumption in conjunction with a double-free error.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Linux_kernelLinux*2.6.33.20 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.33 (including)2.6.33 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.33-rc1 (including)2.6.33-rc1 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.33-rc2 (including)2.6.33-rc2 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.33-rc3 (including)2.6.33-rc3 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.33-rc4 (including)2.6.33-rc4 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.33-rc5 (including)2.6.33-rc5 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.33-rc6 (including)2.6.33-rc6 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.33-rc7 (including)2.6.33-rc7 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.33-rc8 (including)2.6.33-rc8 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.33.1 (including)2.6.33.1 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.33.2 (including)2.6.33.2 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.33.3 (including)2.6.33.3 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.33.4 (including)2.6.33.4 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.33.5 (including)2.6.33.5 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.33.6 (including)2.6.33.6 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.33.7 (including)2.6.33.7 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.33.8 (including)2.6.33.8 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.33.9 (including)2.6.33.9 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.33.10 (including)2.6.33.10 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.33.11 (including)2.6.33.11 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.33.12 (including)2.6.33.12 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.33.13 (including)2.6.33.13 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.33.14 (including)2.6.33.14 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.33.15 (including)2.6.33.15 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.33.16 (including)2.6.33.16 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.33.17 (including)2.6.33.17 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.33.18 (including)2.6.33.18 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.33.19 (including)2.6.33.19 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatkernel-0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6*
LinuxUbuntuhardy*
LinuxUbuntuoneiric*
LinuxUbuntuupstream*
Linux-2.6Ubuntuupstream*
Linux-armadaxpUbuntuupstream*
Linux-ec2Ubuntuupstream*
Linux-fsl-imx51Ubuntulucid*
Linux-fsl-imx51Ubuntuupstream*
Linux-linaro-omapUbuntuoneiric*
Linux-linaro-omapUbuntuprecise*
Linux-linaro-omapUbuntuquantal*
Linux-linaro-omapUbuntuupstream*
Linux-linaro-sharedUbuntuoneiric*
Linux-linaro-sharedUbuntuprecise*
Linux-linaro-sharedUbuntuquantal*
Linux-linaro-sharedUbuntuupstream*
Linux-linaro-vexpressUbuntuoneiric*
Linux-linaro-vexpressUbuntuprecise*
Linux-linaro-vexpressUbuntuquantal*
Linux-linaro-vexpressUbuntuupstream*
Linux-lts-backport-maverickUbuntulucid*
Linux-lts-backport-maverickUbuntuupstream*
Linux-lts-backport-oneiricUbuntulucid*
Linux-lts-backport-oneiricUbuntuupstream*
Linux-lts-quantalUbuntuupstream*
Linux-lts-raringUbuntuupstream*
Linux-mvl-doveUbuntulucid*
Linux-mvl-doveUbuntuupstream*
Linux-qcm-msmUbuntulucid*
Linux-qcm-msmUbuntuoneiric*
Linux-qcm-msmUbuntuprecise*
Linux-qcm-msmUbuntuquantal*
Linux-qcm-msmUbuntuupstream*
Linux-ti-omap4Ubuntuoneiric*
Linux-ti-omap4Ubuntuupstream*

References

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