VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2013-2058
The host_start function in drivers/usb/chipidea/host.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7.4 does not properly support a certain non-streaming option, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by sending a large amount of network…
MEDIUM 4.7EPSS 0.45%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.45%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The host_start function in drivers/usb/chipidea/host.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7.4 does not properly support a certain non-streaming option, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by sending a large amount of network traffic through a USB/Ethernet adapter.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.7 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.45% probability · 38th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=929473ea05db455ad88cdc081f2adc556b8dc48f
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.7.4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/05/2Patch
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=959210Patch
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/929473ea05db455ad88cdc081f2adc556b8dc48fExploit, Patch
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=929473ea05db455ad88cdc081f2adc556b8dc48f
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.7.4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/05/2Patch
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=959210Patch
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/929473ea05db455ad88cdc081f2adc556b8dc48fExploit, Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.