Tracker / CVE-2013-1959
CVE-2013-1959
Low 3.7
kernel/user_namespace.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9 does not have appropriate capability requirements for the uid_map and gid_map files, which allows local users to gain privileges by opening a file within an unprivileged process and then modifying the file within a privileged process.
Affected products and versions
| linux | linux_kernel |
|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel · … → 3.8.8 |
Analysis
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