CVE-2013-4343
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CVE-2013-4343
Use-after-free vulnerability in drivers/net/tun.c in the Linux kernel through 3.11.1 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability and providing an invalid tuntap interface name in a TUNSETIFF ioctl call.
Exploit probability
0.4%
Published
September 25, 2013
Required by
Not available
Last source change
April 10, 2026
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
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CVE-2013-4343
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Use-after-free vulnerability in drivers/net/tun.c in the Linux kernel through 3.11.1 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability and providing an invalid tuntap interface name in a TUNSETIFF ioctl call.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00071.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00039.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00048.html
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=137889490510745&w=2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1490.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/12/3
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg250066.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2020-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2023-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2049-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1007733