CVE-2013-1959

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 3.8.9

Description The issue concerns a lack of appropriate capability requirements for the uid map and gid map files in the Linux kernel. This allows local users to potentially gain privileges by opening a file within an unprivileged process and then modifying the file within a privileged process.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 3.8.9, update to version 3.8.9 or later to resolve the issue.