THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2013-1059
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2013-1059

Linux Kernel vulnerability

CVSS
7.8
EPSS
4.5%
EPSS pct
91th
Exploited
No known
net/ceph/auth_none.c in the Linux kernel through 3.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an auth_reply message that triggers an attempted build_request operation.
Affected vendor
Linux
Affected product
Linux Kernel
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference
Published
2013-07-08

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.5% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

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