CVE-2013-1828

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-1828
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-03-22 11:59:11 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe sctp_getsockopt_assoc_stats function in net/sctp/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.4 does not validate a size value before proceeding to a copy_from_user operation, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application that contains an SCTP_GET_ASSOC_STATS getsockopt system call.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.9 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
919315 – (CVE-2013-1828) CVE-2013-1828 kernel: sctp: SCTP_GET_ASSOC_STATS stack buffer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
JavaScript is not available. af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 twitter.com Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- Linux kernel: sctp: SCTP_GET_ASSOC_STATS stack overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
grsecurity.net/~spender/sctp.c af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 grsecurity.net Exploit, Third Party Advisory
git.kernel.org af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org Vendor Advisory
Linux Kernel 'SCTP_GET_ASSOC_STATS()' - Stack-Based Buffer Overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
net/sctp: Validate parameter size for SCTP_GET_ASSOC_STATS · torvalds/linux@726bc6b · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.4 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kernel.org Vendor Advisory
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MITRE git.kernel.org
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