CVE-2013-1059 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2013-1059?

CVE-2013-1059 is a high-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 8 Jul 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

net/ceph/auth_none.c in the Linux kernel through 3.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an auth_reply message that triggers an attempted build_request operation.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-1059?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2013-1059?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2013-1059 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-1059 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-1059, GHSA-j425-pcfw-2hmg.