Bug 1004736 (CVE-2013-4300) - CVE-2013-4300 Kernel: net: PID spoofing privilege escalation flaw
Summary: CVE-2013-4300 Kernel: net: PID spoofing privilege escalation flaw
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2013-4300
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Blocks: 1004682
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Reported: 2013-09-05 11:31 UTC by Prasad Pandit
Modified: 2021-02-17 07:22 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2014-06-10 08:07:00 UTC
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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

References:
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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.
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