UBUNTU-CVE-2013-6432

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2013-6432

    Published: 9 Dec 2013Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2013-6432

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-6432, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/06/2, https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=cf970c002d270c36202bd5b9c2804d3097a52da0, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2113-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2117-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6432

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.12.0-7.15

    Affected versions

    3.11.0-12.19

    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