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CVE-2013-0343

13
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-0343 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Linux kernel's IPv6 temporary address generation function (ipv6_create_tempaddr). This flaw, affecting Linux kernels through version 3.8, allows remote attackers to trigger excessive retries and an address-generation outage via crafted ICMPv6 Router Advertisement messages. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 3.2, indicating a network-adjacent attack vector with high complexity, leading to potential information disclosure and denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

3.2LOW

AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.2
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.81%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0181 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 122 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.0 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.18-371.1.2.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.32-431.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:3.8.13-rt14.25.el6rt
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2013-0343Moderate

kernel: handling of IPv6 temporary addresses

Nov 14, 2012

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00002.html
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/12/05/4
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2013/01/16/7
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2013/01/21/11
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-1449.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-1490.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-1645.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2013/02/22/6
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1976-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1977-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2019-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2020-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2021-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2022-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2023-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2024-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2038-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2039-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2050-1