4.6 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.3%
The ping_recvmsg function in net/ipv4/ping.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.4 does not properly interact with read system calls on ping sockets, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) by leveraging unspecified privileges to execute a crafted application.
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Debian | 12 | all | linux | < 3.12.6-1 | linux_3.12.6-1_all.deb |
Debian | 11 | all | linux | < 3.12.6-1 | linux_3.12.6-1_all.deb |
Debian | 10 | all | linux | < 3.12.6-1 | linux_3.12.6-1_all.deb |
Debian | 999 | all | linux | < 3.12.6-1 | linux_3.12.6-1_all.deb |
Debian | 13 | all | linux | < 3.12.6-1 | linux_3.12.6-1_all.deb |