Tracker / CVE-2013-1979
CVE-2013-1979
Medium 6.9
The scm_set_cred function in include/net/scm.h in the Linux kernel before 3.8.11 uses incorrect uid and gid values during credentials passing, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application.
Affected products and versions
| linux | linux_kernel |
|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel · … → 3.8.10 |
Analysis
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