The scm_check_creds function in net/core/scm.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.6 does not properly enforce capability requirements for controlling the PID value associated with a UNIX domain socket, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging the time interval during which a user namespace has been created but a PID namespace has not been created.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2013-04-24T19:00:00Z
Updated: 2024-08-06T15:20:37.297Z
Reserved: 2013-02-19T00:00:00Z
Link: CVE-2013-1958
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2013-04-24T19:55:01.063
Modified: 2023-02-13T04:42:35.057
Link: CVE-2013-1958
Redhat
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