CVE-2013-1979
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1979
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2013-1979.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2013-1979
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2013-05-03T11:57:45Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T20:01:26Z
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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The scmsetcred function in include/net/scm.h in the Linux kernel before 3.8.11 uses incorrect uid and gid values during credentials passing, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application.
- References
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- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/83f1b4ba917db5dc5a061a44b3403ddb6e783494
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=955629
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=83f1b4ba917db5dc5a061a44b3403ddb6e783494
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/103750.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/104480.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00016.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00018.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00007.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00129.html
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.11
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/29/1