CVE-2013-1979

Name	CVE-2013-1979
Description	The scm_set_cred function in include/net/scm.h in the Linux kernel before 3.8.11 uses incorrect uid and gid values during credentials passing, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SuSE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more)
References	DSA-2669-1
NVD severity	medium (attack range: local)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
linux (PTS)	wheezy	3.2.78-1	fixed
	wheezy (security)	3.2.81-1	fixed
	jessie	3.16.7-ckt25-2	fixed
	jessie (security)	3.16.7-ckt25-2+deb8u3	fixed
	stretch, sid	4.6.4-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin
linux	source	(unstable)	3.8.11-1	medium
linux	source	wheezy	3.2.41-2+deb7u2	medium	DSA-2669-1
linux-2.6	source	(unstable)	(not affected)

- linux-2.6 <not-affected> (Introduced in 2.6.36)