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CVE-2013-2929
The Linux kernel before 3.12.2 does not properly use the get_dumpable function, which allows local users to bypass intended ptrace…
Low3.3EPSS 0.65%
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Description
The Linux kernel before 3.12.2 does not properly use the get_dumpable function, which allows local users to bypass intended ptrace restrictions or obtain sensitive information from IA64 scratch registers via a crafted application, related to kernel/ptrace.c and arch/ia64/include/asm/processor.h.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low3.3 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.65% · top 49% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (23)
- RHSA-2014:0159 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 64111 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:0285 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.54 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2110-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2129-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2115-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2128-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2116-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d049f74f2dbe71354d43d393ac3a188947811348 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2114-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2070-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1028148 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2112-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2015:0481 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:0566 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-2109-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:1252 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- USN-2111-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.12.2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:0100 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- USN-2075-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d049f74f2dbe71354d43d393ac3a188947811348 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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