CVE-2013-1979

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-1979
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-05-03 11:57:45 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe scm_set_cred function in include/net/scm.h in the Linux kernel before 3.8.11 uses incorrect uid and gid values during credentials passing, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application.

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-264 | 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 3.8.0 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.8.1 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.8.2 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.8.3 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.8.4 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.8.5 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.8.6 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.8.7 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.8.8 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.8.9 All All All
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
oss-security - Multiple Linux setuid output redirection vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: kernel-3.8.11-100.fc17 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 18 Update: kernel-3.8.8-203.fc18 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.11 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kernel.org
net: fix incorrect credentials passing · torvalds/linux@83f1b4b · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2014:1319-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
openSUSE-SU-2013:1971-1: moderate: kernel: security and bugfix update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2013:176 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2013:1187-1: important: 3.0.80 kernel up af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Bug 955629 – CVE-2013-1979 kernel: net: incorrect SCM_CREDENTIALS passing af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
git.kernel.org af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2013:1182-1: important: kernel update for SL af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2014:1316-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MITRE git.kernel.org
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