Vulnerability in Linux Kernel
CVE-2013-2851
Format string vulnerability in the register_disk function in block/genhd.c in the Linux kernel through 3.9.4 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging root access and writing format string specifiers to /sys/module/md_mod/parameters/new_array in order to create a crafted /dev/md device name.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (24.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 25th percentile — 24.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Linux Kernel — versions 3.9, 3.9.0, 3.9.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1783.html (vendor-advisory)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1913-1 (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-09/msg00003.html (vendor-advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1645.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2766 (vendor-advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00129.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-09/msg00004.html (vendor-advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0284.html (vendor-advisory)