UBUNTU-CVE-2013-2232

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2013-2232

    Published: 4 Jul 2013Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2013-2232
    Aliases:
    USN-1912-1
    USN-1913-1
    USN-1938-1

    Summary:

    Details: The ip6_sk_dst_check function in net/ipv6/ip6_output.c in the Linux kernel before 3.10 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by using an AF_INET6 socket for a connection to an IPv4 interface.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-2232, https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.10.bz2, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a963a37d384d71ad43b3e9e79d68d42fbe0901f3, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/02/5, http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=a963a37d384d71ad43b3e9e79d68d42fbe0901f3, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1912-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1913-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1938-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1943-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1942-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1944-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1945-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1941-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1947-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1946-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-2232

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.11.0-12.19

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High