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Cent OS: CVE-2013-4483: CESA-2014:0285 (kernel)

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Cent OS: CVE-2013-4483: CESA-2014:0285 (kernel)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
11/04/2013
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/01/2016
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

The ipc_rcu_putref function in ipc/util.c in the Linux kernel before 3.10 does not properly manage a reference count, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or system crash) via a crafted application.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-kernel
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-debug
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-debug-devel
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-devel
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-doc
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-headers
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-pae
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-pae-devel
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-xen
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-xen-devel

References

  • CVE-2013-4483
  • RHSA-2014:0285
  • RHSA-2015:0284
  • USN-2221-1
  • USN-2223-1
  • USN-2227-1
  • USN-2233-1
  • USN-2234-1
  • USN-2238-1
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