CVE-2013-0871
Race condition in the ptrace functionality in the Linux kernel before 3.7.5 allows local users to gain privileges via a PTRACE_SETREGS ptrace system call in a crafted application, as demonstrated by
02 Description
Race condition in the ptrace functionality in the Linux kernel before 3.7.5 allows local users to gain privileges via a PTRACE_SETREGS ptrace system call in a crafted application, as demonstrated by
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.43% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 72.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2013-02-18 02:00Z13 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 14:41Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2013-01-07
- Assigning CNA
- Chrome
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')Class
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- ff682daad76fcd4cedfe215514bcdf226ac6b224818771881d3db1414ad7e676
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2013:0341http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00022.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20130215 Linux kernel race condition with PTRACE_SETREGS (CVE-2013-0871)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/15/16
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9899d11f654474d2d54ea52ceaa2a1f4db3abd68
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1738-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1738-1
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1740-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1740-1
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1742-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1742-1
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1745-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1745-1
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1743-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1743-1
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=911937
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2013:0674http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00018.html
- github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9899d11f654474d2d54ea52ceaa2a1f4db3abd68
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2013:0567http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0567.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1744-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1744-1
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1736-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1736-1
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2013:0661http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0661.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1739-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1739-1
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2013:0925http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00005.html
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2013:0662http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0662.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1741-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1741-1
- www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.7.5
- www.debian.orgDSA-2632http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2632
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1737-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1737-1
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2013:0695http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0695.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- linux Fixed in 3.2.39-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- linux Fixed in 3.2.39-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- linux Fixed in 3.2.39-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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