What is the CVSS score of CVE-2013-2239?

CVE-2013-2239 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.7 (Medium). CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.2%.

Vzkernel CVE-2013-2239

MEDIUM

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CWE-264)

2013-11-12 secalert@redhat.com

Privilege Escalation Linux Vzkernel

4.7

CVSS 2.0 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

4.7 MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Confidentiality

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Nov 12, 2013 - 14:35 cve.org

MEDIUM 4.7

DescriptionCVE.org

vzkernel before 042stab080.2 in the OpenVZ modification for the Linux kernel 2.6.32 does not initialize certain length variables, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via (1) a crafted ploop driver ioctl call, related to the ploop_getdevice_ioc function in drivers/block/ploop/dev.c, or (2) a crafted quotactl system call, related to the compat_quotactl function in fs/quota/quota.c.

AnalysisAI

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified under CWE-264. vzkernel before 042stab080.2 in the OpenVZ modification for the Linux kernel 2.6.32 does not initialize certain length variables, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via (1) a crafted ploop driver ioctl call, related to the ploop_getdevice_ioc function in drivers/block/ploop/dev.c, or (2) a crafted quotactl system call, related to the compat_quotactl function in fs/quota/quota.c. Affected products include: Openvz Vzkernel. Version information: before 042.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.