PT-2016-3476
CVE-2013-4312
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Published
2016-01-13
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Updated
2023-02-13
Description by
CVSS 3.1
6.2
MediumMetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel versions prior to 4.4.1
Description
The issue allows local users to bypass file-descriptor limits and cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by sending each descriptor over a UNIX socket before closing it, related to net/unix/af unix.c and net/unix/garbage.c.
Recommendations
For Linux kernel versions prior to 4.4.1, update to version 4.4.1 or later to resolve the issue.
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