Bug 1004736 (CVE-2013-4300)

Summary: CVE-2013-4300 Kernel: net: PID spoofing privilege escalation flaw
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Prasad Pandit <ppandit>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: agordeev, anton, aquini, bhu, davej, dhoward, esammons, fhrbata, gansalmon, iboverma, itamar, jforbes, jkacur, jkurik, jonathan, jross, jwboyer, kernel-maint, kernel-mgr, lgoncalv, lwang, madhu.chinakonda, marcelo.barbosa, matt, mcressma, plougher, pmatouse, rt-maint, rvrbovsk, williams
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Description Prasad Pandit 2013-09-05 11:31:20 UTC 
Linux kernel built with the user name-spaces is vulnerable to an incorrect
name-space check when spoofing PID in routine scm_check_creds(). This could
lead to privilege escalation to gain root access to a system.

A local user/program could use this flaw to escalate privileges to gain root
access to the system.

Upstream fix:
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 -> https://git.kernel.org/linus/d661684cf6820331feae71146c35da83d794467e

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 -> http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/05/3
Comment 1 Prasad Pandit 2013-09-05 11:34:38 UTC 
Statement:

Not vulnerable.

This issue does not affect the versions of the kernel package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.