CVE-2013-4588 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2013-4588?

CVE-2013-4588 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 19 Nov 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33, when CONFIG_IP_VS is used, allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for (1) a getsockopt system call, related to the do_ip_vs_get_ctl function, or (2) a setsockopt system call, related to the do_ip_vs_set_ctl function.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-4588?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2013-4588?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2013-4588 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-4588 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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