CVE-2013-4205

MediumCVSS 4.7/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Memory leak in the unshare_userns function in kernel/user_namespace.c in the Linux kernel before 3.10.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an invalid CLONE_NEWUSER unshare call.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.7/10AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Aug 25, 2013
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

Related CVEs from 2013

CVE-2013-42066.8Heap-based buffer underflow in the modmul function in sshbn.c in PuTTY before 0.63 allows remote SSH servers to cause a denial of service (cCVE-2013-42074.3Buffer overflow in sshbn.c in PuTTY before 0.63 allows remote SSH servers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an invalid DSA signature CVE-2013-42082.1The rsa_verify function in PuTTY before 0.63 (1) does not clear sensitive process memory after use and (2) does not free certain structures CVE-2013-42093.3Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) before 2.1.6 allows local users to obtain sensitive information about arbitrary files via vectors relateCVE-2013-42105.0The org.jboss.remoting.transport.socket.ServerThread class in Red Hat JBoss Remoting for Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 5.3.1 GA, Web Platform 5CVE-2013-42119.8A Code Execution Vulnerability exists in OpenX Ad Server 2.8.10 due to a backdoor in flowplayer-3.1.1.min.js library, which could let a remoCVE-2013-42126.8Certain getText methods in the ActionSupport controller in Apache Roller before 5.0.2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary OGNL expreCVE-2013-42136.4Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 6.1.0 does not properly cache EJB invocations by the EJB client API, which allows remoteCVE-2013-42146.3rss-newsfeed.php in Nagios Core 3.4.4, 3.5.1, and earlier, when MAGPIE_CACHE_ON is set to 1, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary filesCVE-2013-42154.4The IPXPING_COMMAND in contrib/check_ipxping.c in Nagios Plugins 1.4.16 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on /tmp/iCVE-2013-42162.1The Trace_OpenLogFile function in InfraStack/OSDependent/Linux/InfraStackModules/TraceModule/TraceModule.c in the Trace module in the Intel CVE-2013-42172.1The OSAL_Crypt_SetEncryptedPassword function in InfraStack/OSDependent/Linux/OSAL/Services/wimax_osal_crypt_services.c in the OSAL crypt mod
CVE-2013-4205: Medium severity, CVSS 4.7 | Vulnix