CVE-2013-1858

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 3.8.3

Description The issue allows local users to gain privileges by exploiting a flaw in the clone system-call implementation. This is achieved by calling chroot and leveraging the sharing of the / directory between a parent process and a child process when a combination of the CLONE NEWUSER and CLONE FS flags is used.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 3.8.3, update to version 3.8.3 or later to resolve the issue.