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CVE-2013-3301

Published: Apr 29, 2013Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUNVD-CWE-Other
NVD MITRE
7.2CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
1.0%
Top 42.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
2 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

The ftrace implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.8.8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging the CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability for write access to the (1) set_ftrace_pid or (2) set_graph_function file, and then making an lseek system call.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LAu:NC:CI:CA:C
Exploitability
AV:LAccess Vector
Local
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:CConfidentiality
Complete
I:CIntegrity
Complete
A:CAvailability
Complete
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

Debian GNU/LinuxСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
n/an/a
linux kernellinux
On-premOS
Operating Systems
enterprise linuxredhat
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
enterprise mrgredhat
On-premWeb App
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
сообщество свободного программного обеспеченияoss-projectOperating Systemsaka сообщество свободного программного обеспечения, fsf
linuxoss-projectOperating Systemsaka the linux kernel
redhatcommercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat
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Exploitability

2 exploit sources identified

Exploit details including PoC links, Metasploit modules, and scanner templates are available after registration.

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Official Patch Available

References

http://www.debian.org/security/dsa-2669/
debian.org
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-2015
cve.mitre.org
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-0160
cve.mitre.org
and 31 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Apr 29, 2013
Last Updated
Apr 29, 2026

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