CVE-2013-4588
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33, when CONFIG_IP_VS is used, allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for (1) a getsockopt system call, related to the do_ip_vs_get_ctl function, or (2) a setsockopt system call, related to the do_ip_vs_set_ctl function.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.0 (v3.1)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (34th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2013-4446)
- Published
- November 20, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-4446 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- linux / linux kernel
References
- http://ftp.linux.org.uk/pub/linux/linux-2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.33(Broken Link)
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=04bcef2a83f40c6db24222b27a52892cba39dffb
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/15/12(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63744(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2064-1(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2065-1(Third Party Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1030800(Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/04bcef2a83f40c6db24222b27a52892cba39dffb(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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